Dr. Ronald Hambleton, a world renowned expert in Item Response Theory, will be giving a colloquium in the Neag School of Education on Friday, October 30th from 1:00pm -2:30pm in Room 144 Gentry.  All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Dr. Hambleton is co-author of several textbooks including “Fundamentals of Item Response Theory,” and editor or co-editor of several books including “International Perspectives on Academic Assessment,” “Handbook of Modern Item Response Theory,” “Computer-Based Testing and the Internet,” and “Adaptation of Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment,” and the author of more than 600 articles in the measurement and statistics area. His research interests are in the areas of large scale assessment, test score reporting, and computer-based testing.