Mark Reckase Explained

Mark D. Reckase
Occupation:	Professor Emeritus
Citizenship:	Lansing Michigan USA
Workplaces:	Michigan State University
Alma Mater:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Syracuse University
Awards:	NCME Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement (2016)
Spouse:	Charlene (Char) Repenty (died 2017)

Mark Daniel Reckase is an educational psychologist and expert on quantitative methods and measurement^{[1] [2]} who is known for his work on computerized adaptive testing,^[3] multidimensional item response theory, and standard setting in educational and psychological tests.^[4] Reckase is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at Michigan State University.^[5]

Awards and honors

2016: Career Award from the National Council for Measurement in Education for Contributions to Educational Measurement.^[6]

2009: Michigan State University Distinguished Professor^[7]

Biography

Reckase graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966 with a B.S. in psychology. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Syracuse University in 1972, where his advisor was Eric F. Gardner.^[8] His dissertation was titled Development and application of a multivariate logistic latent trait model.

Reckase began his career on the faculty at University of Missouri in 1972. In 1981, he moved on to a position as Assistant Vice President for Assessment Innovations at ACT. In 1998, he left ACT to join the faculty of the College of Education at Michigan State University. He retired in 2015.^[9]

Between December 2001 and November 2006, Reckase was chief editor of the academic journal Applied Psychological Measurement.^{[10] [11]} He has served as President of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing (2017)^[12] and as President of the National Council on Measurement in Education (2008-2009).^[13]

Research

Reckase specializes in the development of educational and psychological assessments, particularly the psychometric theories underpinning the development of such tests. He has worked extensively in multidimensional item response theory since the beginning of his academic career: his dissertation was on the early development of a multidimensional item response model and he went on to write a book on the topic in 2009.^[14] He has branched out into other psychometric areas, like standard setting.^[15]

Books

• Book: Reckase, Mark . The psychometrics of standard setting connecting policy and test scores . Boca Raton . 2022 . 978-0-429-53098-2 . 1370241241.
• Book: Reckase, Mark . Multidimensional item response theory . Springer . New York . 2009 . 978-0-387-89976-3 . 437345698.

Representative publications

• Reckase, M. (1979). Unifactor latent trait models applied to multifactor tests: Results and implications. Journal of Educational Statistics, 4, 207–230.
• Reckase, M. (1985). The difficulty of test items that measure more than one ability. Applied Psychological Measurement, 9, 401–412.
• Reckase, M. (1997). The past and future of multidimensional item response theory. Applied Psychological Measurement, 21, 25–36.
• Reckase, M. (2006). A conceptual framework for a psychometric theory for standard setting with examples of its use for evaluating the functioning of two standard setting methods. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 25, 4–18.
• Reckase, M. D., & McKinley, R. L. (1991). The discriminating power of items that measure more than one dimension. Applied Psychological Measurement, 15(4), 361–373.

External links

• Mark Reckase as indexed in EduTree

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark Reckase. 2021-04-26. Touchstone Institute. en-US.
2. Web site: 2021-03-27. Reckase, Mark. 2021-03-30. SAGE Publications Inc. en.
3. News: Gewertz. Catherine. 2011-05-16. Computer-Adaptive Testing Poses Challenges, Expert Warns. 2021-04-26. Education Week. en.
4. Web site: Do Educational Assessments Yield Achievement Measurements, Mark D. Reckase, Michigan State University. 2021-04-26. www.ets.org.
5. Web site: Update on VP election IACAT. 2021-03-30. www.iacat.org.
6. Web site: Awards - NCME. 2021-03-30. www.ncme.org. en.
7. Web site: MSU faculty earn University Distinguished Professor title. 2021-03-30. MSUToday Michigan State University. en.
8. Reckase. Mark. 1972-01-01. Development and Application of a Multivariate Logistic Latent Trait Model. Psychology - Dissertations.
9. Web site: Reckase wins top career award in educational measurement - News - The Latest at the College of Education – Michigan State University. 2021-04-23. education.msu.edu. 7 April 2016 .
10. David J. Weiss . Weiss . David J. . New Apm Editor Now Accepting New Manuscript Submissions . Applied Psychological Measurement . December 2001 . 25 . 4 . 315–316 . 10.1177/01466210122032154. 121179508 .
11. Mark L. Davison . Davison . Mark L. . New Editor's Statement: Continuity and Change . Applied Psychological Measurement . January 2007 . 31 . 1 . 3 . 10.1177/0146621606295551. free .
12. Web site: Keynotes IACAT. 2021-04-26. iacat.org.
13. Web site: Board of Directors - NCME. 2021-04-26. www.ncme.org. en.
14. Book: Reckase, Mark. Multidimensional item response theory. 2009. Springer. 978-0-387-89976-3. New York. 437345698.
15. Book: RECKASE, MARK. THEORY OF STANDARD SETTING.. 2020. CHAPMAN & HALL CRC. 978-1-4987-2211-7. [Place of publication not identified]. 1048445795.