DANIEL LEWIS, PH.D.
Mobile: 831-601-8555     email: Dan.Lewis@CreativeMeasurement.com

                                                                                                                         EDUCATION
Ph.D.     Evaluation and Measurement                                        Kent State University,  Kent, OH             1995
                                                       
M.A.     Pure Mathematics                                                              Kent State University,  Kent, OH             1987                                                                                                              

B.S.     Elementary Education                                                        Kent State University,  Kent, OH             1980                                                                                                              

                                                                                                             PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
Chief Scientist                                                                             Creative Measurement Solutions LLC          July 2019-Present                                                                                 

Principal Research Scientist                                                                  ACT & Pacific Metrics                           2015-2019                                                                                                               
        
Chief Research Advisor                                                                             CTB/McGraw-Hill                                1995-2015                                                                                                                 

• Co-developed the Bookmark Standard Setting Procedure and Embedded Standard Setting
• Facilitated standard settings for Smarter Balanced, ELPA21, and numerous state summative testing programs
• Supported state departments of education in aligning assessment design with state policy
• Supported the design and development of successful new shelf products
• Conducted research on standard setting and score reporting

                                                                                             REFEREED PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
 
Lewis, D. & Cook, R. (2020). Embedded Standard Setting: Aligning standard setting methodology with contemporary assessment design principles.  Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, 39(1), 8-21.
Lewis, D. & Lord-Bessen, J. (2018). Standard setting. Chapter in W. J. van der Linden (Ed.), Handbook of item response theory: Vol. 3. Applications. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC.
Lewis, D. (2018). Bookmark Method of Standard Setting. Entry in the SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Sage  Publications, Inc.
Lewis, D. M., Mitzel, H. C., Mercado, R. & Schulz, M. (2012). The Bookmark Standard Setting Procedure. Chapter in Setting Performance Standards: Concepts, Methods, and Perspectives, Second Edition. (ed: G. J. Cizek), Lawrence Erlbaum.
Ferrara, S. & Lewis, D. M. (2012). The Item Descriptor Matching Standard Setting Procedure. Chapter in Setting Performance Standards: Concepts, Methods, and Perspectives, Second Edition. (ed: G. J. Cizek), Lawrence Erlbaum.
Ho, A., Lewis, D. M., & MacGregor Farris, J. L. (2009). The dependence of growth model results on proficiency cut scores. Educational Measurement Issues and Practices 28:4.
 Lee, G. & Lewis, D. M. (2008). A generalizability theory approach to standard error estimates for Bookmark standard settings. Educational and Psychological Measurement, August 2008, vol. 68 no. 4 603-620.
Lewis, D. M. & Haug, C. (2005). Aligning policy and methodology to achieve consistent across-grade performance standards. Applied Measurement in Education, v18 n1 p11-34.
Green, D. R., Trimble, S., & Lewis, D. M. (2003). Interpreting the results of three different standards setting procedures. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, V 22, 1, 22-32.
Hartung, P. J., Lewis, D. M., May, K., & Niles, S. G. (2002). Family interaction patterns and college student career development. Journal of Career Assessment. 10(1) 78-90.
Mitzel, H. C., Lewis, D. M., Patz, R. J., & Green, D. R. (2000). The Bookmark Procedure: Cognitive perspectives on standard setting. Chapter in Setting Performance Standards: Concepts, Methods, and Perspectives, (ed: G. J. Cizek), Lawrence Erlbaum.
Niles, S. G., Lewis, D. M., & Hartung, P. J. (1997). Using the Adult Career Concerns Inventory to measure task involvement. The Career Development Quarterly, 46, 87-97.
Lewis, D. M., Savickas, M. L., & Jones, B. J. (1996). Career development predicts medical school success. The Journal of Vocational Behavior, v49, 86-98.
Lewis, D. M. & Cuevas, N. M. (1996). Validity and reliability issues in published public health and social policy research. Co-published simultaneously in Journal of Health & Social Policy, v8, 23-38, and as a chapter in Selected Practical Problems in Health and Social Research, 23-38, (ed: T. E. Dinero), The Hayworth Press, Inc.
Hartung, P. J., Speight, J. D., & Lewis, D. M. (1996). Individualism-collectivism and the career behavior of majority college students. The Career Development Quarterly, v45, 87-96.
Lewis, D. M. & Savickas, M. L. (1995). Validity of the Career Factors Inventory. The Journal of Career Assessment, v3, 44-56.

                                                                                                                          HONORS & AWARDS

• American Education Research Association Division D Award for Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement                                                  2006
  
• CTB/McGraw-Hill Employee of the Year                                                                                                                                                                                                    1996
  
• Kent State University Graduate College of Education Annual Dissertation Award                                                                                                                         1995
  

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