Sandip Sinharay
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| Title | Linda Cook Chair in the Science of Measurement |
| Awards | Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement |
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| Education | Iowa State University Indian Statistical Institute |
| Thesis | Variance Component Testing for Generalized Linear Mixed Models (2001) |
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| Discipline | Statistics Psychometrics Education |
| Institutions | Educational Testing Service |
Sandip Sinharay is an Indian-born statistician and psychometrician specializing in educational measurement. He holds the title of Linda Cook Chair in the Science of Measurement at Educational Testing Service (ETS)[1] and is the Executive Editor of Psychometrika.[2]
Academic background
Sinharay is a statistician who attended the Iowa State University [3] and the Indian Statistical Institute.[4]
Career
Sinharay conducts academic work in the disciplines of statistics, psychometrics, and educational measurement, primarily addressing issues related to the quality of test scores.[5][6] Over his career, he has held various research positions and editorial roles in journals in the field of educational measurement and psychometrics, including serving as editor of the Journal of Educational Measurement and the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.[7] In 2025, he was awarded the Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement by the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).[8] He has also been recognized for his work “promising to make a substantive contribution to the field of educational measurement,” and for research on item response theory model data fit that provides techniques with practical benefits for testing programs.[9] [10]===Published works and reception=== Sinharay is a co-author of the book Subscores: A Practical Guide to Their Production and Consumption (Cambridge University Press). The book received an independent review in the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, where Mark Reckase noted that the book is "a valuable resource for all the target audiences", though he questioned whether creating subscores was comparable to "making a silk purse from a sow’s ear".[11] Another independent review published in Journal of Educational Measurement described the work as a single and coherent source summarizing the important work done on subscores while noting some missing elements in it.[12]
In 2007, Sinharay co-edited the Handbook of Statistics, Volume 26: Psychometrics (Elsevier) alongside C. R. Rao. The volume, which covers foundational and modern developments in educational measurement and psychometrics including item response theory, was described by reviewer R. J. de Ayala in the Journal of the American Statistical Association as a significant resource for the field, noting its comprehensive coverage of both theory and practical applications in large-scale testing.[13]
Sinharay's methodological work on test equating and related statistical procedures has been referenced in the educational measurement literature and is discussed in textbooks including Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking: Methods and Practices by Michael Kolen and Robert Brennan.[14]
Public commentary
In 2023, Sinharay's personal history became a point of public discussion in India following renewed national interest in the prohibition of ragging that has been a persistent problem in educational institutions.[15][16] The Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika profiled his 1991 experiences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, noting his transition from a victim of student harassment to a high-achieving academic in the United States.[4]
References
- ↑ "ETS Research Chairs". Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ↑ "New Executive Editor for Psychometrika". Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ↑ "Doctoral Degrees Conferred 2001-2002" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Victims of Ragging". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). August 19, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Award Abstract # 2243041: Statistical and Psychometric Methods for Measuring the Extent to Which Culturally Responsive Assessments Reduce Cultural Bias". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "11/26 COPSS-NISS Leadership Webinar: Leadership at the Intersection of Statistics and Psychometrics". National Institute of Statistical Sciences. NISS. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "Editors Appointed for JEBS". Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ↑ "2025 Awards". National Council on Measurement in Education. NCME. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "NCME Newsletter – June 2018" (PDF). National Council on Measurement in Education. June 2018. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ "NCME Newsletter – June 2015" (PDF). National Council on Measurement in Education. June 2015. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ↑ Reckase, Mark D. "Are Creating Subscores Like "Making a Silk Purse From a Sow's Ear": A Review of Subscores by S. Haberman, S. Sinharay, R. A. Feinberg, and H. Wainer". Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. doi:10.3102/10769986251336444.
- ↑ Puhan, Gautam (2024). "Book Review: Subscores: A Practical Guide to Their Production and Consumption". Journal of Educational Measurement. 61 (4): 763–772. doi:10.1111/jedm.12417.
- ↑ de Ayala, R. J. (2009). "Review of Handbook of Statistics 26: Psychometrics". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 104 (487): 1270–1271. doi:10.1198/jasa.2009.br0909.
- ↑ Kolen, Michael; Brennan, Robert (2014). Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking: Methods and Practices (3rd ed.). Springer. p. 387.
- ↑ "Prohibition of Ragging in Educational Institutions Bill, 1991" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ↑ "UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009" (PDF). University Grants Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
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