Johan BraekenView profile
Professor
Johan Braeken is a Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Educational Measurement (CEMO). He holds expertise in psychometric modeling, particularly in modern test design, including computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and item response theory (IRT). His research focuses on improving assessment methodologies in education and large-scale evaluations. Education: PhD in Psychology (Psychometrics) from K.U.Leuven, Belgium (2008). Previous roles include Associate Professor (2014–2017) and Assistant Professor positions at Wageningen University and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He has also worked as a psychometrician at CITO (2008–2009). Research Interests: Development and application of latent variable models, CAT optimization, and evaluation of international educational assessments. He explores statistical methods for improving measurement precision and addressing model violations. Software Contributions: Creator of the 'Empirical Kaiser Criterion' app for factor analysis, 'Fixed-precision MCAT selection rules' for R's mirtCAT package, and an Item Characteristic Curve visualization tool. Labs/Groups: Active in the CREATE and FREMO research groups, focusing on educational measurement and frontier research in psychometrics.