Matthias von Davier

Matthias von Davier is a psychometrician, academic, inventor, and author. He is the executive director of the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center in Lynch School of Education and Human Development and the J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor in Education at Boston College.

von Davier's research focuses on developing advanced psychometric models and methodologies for analyzing complex educational and survey data. He has authored and co-authored more than 130 research articles, chapters, and research reports, along with six books, including ''Advancing Human Assessment'', which is a part of the series ''Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment'', co-edited by him. Additionally, he is the recipient of numerous awards such as the 2006 ETS Research Scientist award, the 2012 National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Brad Hanson Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement, and the AERA Division-D 2017 Award for Significant Contribution to Measurement and Research Methodology via his book ''Handbook of International Large-Scale Assessment''.

von Davier has been a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) since 2021 and elected National Academy of Education member since 2022. He has served as the editor two leading scientific journals, the ''British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology'' and ''Psychometrika'', and is a founding co-editor of the Springer journal ''Large-Scale Assessments in Education'', which is a joint publication of the IEA and ETS. He has also been invited as a keynote speaker for the Anne Anastasi lecture at Fordham University, the 9th IEA International Research Conference in Dubai, The Cross Straights Conference on Educational Measurement in Nanchang, China, the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, the University of Connecticut, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Provided by Wikipedia