Chia-Yi Chiu

Chia-Yi Chiu is an Associate Professor in Applied Statistics at Teachers College, Columbia University. She specializes in educational measurement and psychometrics, focusing on nonparametric cognitive diagnosis and small data applications in STEM assessments. Her work emphasizes real-time classroom monitoring and innovative algorithms for diagnostic testing.

• PhD: Quantitative Methodology, Measurement, and Evaluation (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• MS: Statistics (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• MA: Mathematics in Teaching (University of Northern Colorado)
• BS: Mathematics (National Taiwan Normal University)

Her research advances classroom-level assessments through methods like the restricted DINA model and nonparametric CD-CAT, addressing challenges in small-sample settings. She collaborates widely, with notable contributions to Q-matrix theory and cognitive diagnosis algorithms. Recent publications explore method selections in cognitive diagnosis and Q-matrix optimization.

• Awards: John P. Yackel Professorship (2022-2024), Chancellor’s Scholar Award (2017-2022), and NCME Dissertation Award (2010).

Dr. Chiu advises students on topics like diagnostic testing algorithms and adaptive assessment systems. Her grants include innovations in education technology and small-data psychometric methods.