Associate Professor of Research, Statistics, and Evaluation
University of Virginia
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James Soland is an associate professor of research, statistics and evaluation at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Education and Human Development, as well as an affiliated research fellow at NWEA, an assessment nonprofit. His research focuses on educational measurement, practice and policy with particular emphasis on how measurement decisions impact our understanding of student development. Prior to joining UVA, Dr. Soland received a Ph.D. in educational psychology at Stanford University with a concentration in measurement. He also has served as a classroom teacher, a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, and Senior Policy Analyst at the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in California.

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