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Dr. Julian

Ellen Julian, PhD

Certification Program Strategy
Psychometrics
Matchmaking for Clients and Consultants


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Practical Advice, Training, and
Long-term Support for
Certification Programs

Ellen@JulianConsulting.com

Helping decision makers

  • Understand current status and options
  • Identify risks and vulnerabilities
  • Prioritize projects
  • Select, evaluate, and negotiate with staff and vendors

Supporting testing staff

  • Document processes
  • Understand why
  • Develop procedures
  • Build the team
  • Facilitate subject-matter expert meetings

Analyzing exam data

  • Find the problem
  • Understand what is
  • Imagine what might be
  • Set passing standards
  • Calibrate & equate using Rasch Model or Classical Test Theory
Ready to upgrade your exams?
Having trouble getting accredited?
Worried about exam quality?
Staff and SMEs need mentoring?

Your Testing Staff Needs Extra Support

Short-term & decision-focused or

Long-term for staff growth

Expertise

Provide psychometric  training for your testing staff and volunteers

Confidence

Give your governance the confidence of knowing the exams are strong and defensible

Practical Advice

Get understandable advice and help with vendor selection and evaluation

Experience & Perspective

  • Decades of experience leading high-stakes testing programs
  • Skilled facilitator of subject-matter expert meetings
  • Experience auditing large and small exams‘ policies and psychometrics 
  • Extensive resource network of testing experts
  • Big-picture orientation with passion for details
  • Practical focus with simple explanations
  • Friendly, informal style paired with a passion for precision and accuracy

I help testing programs make good psychometric decisions and improve their exams by supporting their staff with practical, short-term advice and long-term mentoring.

Ellen Julian

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Working with Groups

My Testing and Certification Salon, in its third year, invites the local testing community to share experiences and ideas in a relaxed setting.

I am Past President of the Performance Testing Council and am still on its Board, on the steering committee for the DC Certification Networking Group, and have served on committees of, reviewed for, and presented at numerous ATP, ICE, and CLEAR conferences.

I am an ANSI/ISO 17024  and Conference for Food Protection (CFP) psychometric assessor and audit a wide variety of certification programs.

Julian Consulting's clients include:

  • a College of Pharmacy
  • an Allopathic Medical School
  • a Medical Specialty Board
  • a Cybersecurity Certification
  • an Equipment Repair Technician Certification
  • a First-responder Certification
  • a Data Manager Certification
Ellen can articulate psychometric concepts in ways that can be understood by lay-persons, and she is flexible and willing to play with new or different ideas or methodologies. Additionally, Ellen is able to step away from the details to see the "big picture" while bringing a scientific, yet user-friendly, perspective.
Elizabeth Santana
Manager of Innovation
Dr. Ellen Julian giving Ignite! career summary at ICE 2018 closing session.

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Whether you are selecting new vendors, worried about test results, or starting a new exam, Julian Consulting can help you make good psychometric decisions.

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