Andrew Ho is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University. His research focuses on improving educational assessment design, particularly in measuring educational progress and inequality. He developed the Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA), a national repository of student achievement data, and advocates for low-stakes assessment use in policy. Ho has held leadership roles including Immediate Past President of the National Council on Measurement in Education and trustee of the Carnegie Foundation. He advises seven U.S. states' testing programs and teaches graduate courses in statistics and psychometrics at HGSE. His work emphasizes the importance of accurate assessment during crises like the pandemic, advocating for standardized testing as part of a multi-measure 'census' approach to identify learning disparities and allocate resources effectively. Education: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (Stanford, 2005), M.S. in Statistics (Stanford) Affiliations: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Technical Advisory Committees for 7 states Key Projects: SEDA, Assessment Literacy initiatives, pandemic-era testing advocacy His research bridges psychometrics with policy, emphasizing equitable assessment practices. Notable contributions include frameworks for interpreting test scores in multi-measure systems and critiques of 'learning loss' terminology favoring actionable 'learning lag' perspectives. Ho's recent work addresses pandemic-era education challenges through rigorous data analysis and policy recommendations.
