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Anthony
J. Nitko is a private consultant in educational measurement
and Professor Emeritus and former Chairperson of the
Department of Psychology in Education at the University
of Pittsburgh. He is Adjunct Professor, Department
of Educational Psychology, at the University of Arizona.
His research interests include curriculum-based criterion-referenced
testing, integrating testing and instruction, classroom
assessment, and the assessment of knowledge and higher
order thinking skills. He is author of Educational
Assessment of Students (4th edition) and the chapter,
"Designing Tests That are Integrated with Instruction"
in the Third Edition of Educational Measurement. He
co-authored (with C.M. Lindvall) Measuring Pupil
Achievement and Aptitude, (with T-C Hsu) Pitt
Educational Testing Aids (PETA) (a package of computer
programs for classroom teachers), and (with R. Glaser)
the chapter "Measurement in Learning and Instruction"
in the Second Edition of Educational Measurement.
He has been Editor of the journal Educational Measurement:
Issues and Practice, and later served as the International
News Editor of this journal. He was also Editor of
d'News, the AERA, Division D, newsletter. Some
of the journals in which his research has appeared
included American Educational Research Journal,
Applied Measurement in Education, Assessment
in Education: Principles, Policy, & Practice,
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis,
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice,
Educational Technology, Journal of Educational
Measurement, and Research in Developmental
Disabilities.
He is a member of several professional organizations,
was elected as Fellow to the American Psychological
Association, served on several committees of the American
Educational Research Association, elected Secretary
of AERA Division D, served on committees of the National
Council on Measurement in Education, and was elected
to the Board of Directors and as President of the
latter. He received Fulbright awards to Malawi and
to Barbados. He has served as a consultant to various
government and private agencies in Bangladesh, Barbados,
Botswana, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malawi, Namibia,
Oman, Singapore, the United States, and Viet Nam.
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