2022–23: Deborah Harris

Dr. Deborah J. Harris is currently (2017–present) Visiting Professor in Educational Measurement and Statistics at the University of Iowa, where she conducts research, works with graduate students, develops and teaches graduate level courses in measurement, and consults. Formerly, Dr. Harris was Vice President of Psychometric Research at ACT, Inc., where she was responsible for providing psychometric leadership, consultation, and support for multiple assessment programs, including ACT, PreACT, and ACT Aspire, to ensure the effective delivery and communication of measurement and reporting services to internal and external customers, and for the supervision, recruitment and retention of talent, including overseeing 60+ staff in the Psychometric Research and the Research Services Departments. In addition to being NCME President, she is also past editor of the journal Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. She has 40 years of experience in high stakes, large-scale assessment. She has presented and published extensively, particularly in the area of comparability of test scores, including equating, concordance, context effects, vertical scaling, and test security.