psychometrician
noun
psy·cho·me·tri·cian
ˌsī-kə-mə-ˈtri-shən 
1
: a person (such as a clinical psychologist) who is skilled in the administration and interpretation of objective psychological tests
2
: a psychologist who devises, constructs, and standardizes psychometric tests
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Teachers know that good standardized measurements designed by knowledgeable psychometricians are vitally important measures.
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We pair teachers from Minnesota with our own subject-matter experts (many of them former teachers themselves) and psychometricians, experts in test design, to build the assessment.
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Antonio García Martínez, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2018
Teachers know that good standardized measurements designed by knowledgeable psychometricians are vitally important measures.
—Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2017
We pair teachers from Minnesota with our own subject-matter experts (many of them former teachers themselves) and psychometricians, experts in test design, to build the assessment.
—Peggy Young, Twin Cities, 3 May 2017
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psychometrician
noun
psy·cho·me·tri·cian
-mə-ˈtrish-ən
1
: a person (as a clinical psychologist) who is skilled in the administration and interpretation of objective psychological tests
2
: a psychologist who devises, constructs, and standardizes psychometric tests
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