We are pleased to announce the addition of six new staff members to the Mountain Measurement family. They will begin work on the 2008 What Makes Schools Work research study, a project of Vanderbilt University's National Center on School Choice, in association with the Northwest Evaluation Association. Please visit the What Makes Schools Work website for more information.
(September 2007)

Mountain Measurement provides a full suite of psychometric services for SAP, who administer over fifty different Associate and Professional level computer-based certification exams around the globe including item and test analyses, DIF analyses, standard setting, and forms assembly.
(August 2007)

Microsoft, a provider of over 100 different computer-based certification exams for software developers, database administrators, and IT professionals around the globe has asked Mountain Measurement to supply a number of services, including psychometric item and test analyses for Microsoft exams. Microsoft has also asked Mountain Measurement to perform psychometric test development tasks, such as forms assembly.
(June 2007)

The Joint Research Committee (JRC) of Pearson VUE and The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has accepted Mountain Measurement's proposal entitled "A sampled and pooled approach to calculating average group performance." Mountain Measurement expects this research to validate the use of a new algorithm that redefines the estimation of average group performance. This method will allow Mountain Measurement to offer complete NCLEX^® Program Reports to educational programs that have as few as 5 graduates testing within a reporting period.
(January 2007)

The National Registry of EMTs is pleased to announce that the NREMT First Responder, Basic-EMT, Intermediate85-EMT, and Paramedic Certification Examinations are now being delivered as a Computerized Adaptive Tests through Pearson VUE. Mountain Measurement was responsible for the design of these CAT systems and will continue to provide psychometric consultation to the NREMT as the exams transition from the rollout to the stabilization phase.
(January 2007)

The National Center on School Choice and the Northwest Evaluation Association have partnered with Mountain Measurement on a three year IES Research project pertaining to the governance, curriculum, and teaching practice in both public schools and schools of choice. Mountain Measurement will provide data support services by managing the data collection effort in all of the sample schools.
(December 2006)

Jan Semenza, Tanya March, and Brian Bontempo are being published in the Journal of Urban Health. Look for their article entitled "Community-Initiated Urban Development: An Ecological Intervention" in the January 2007 edition or through the Springer web site by clicking here.
(October 2006)

Melissa Hart will present a paper entitled "A multi-faceted approach to assessing human responses to extreme heat, poor air quality, and public advisories" on behalf of the FUSE team at the 6th International Conference on Urban Climate in Goteburg, Sweden.
(June 2006)

The National Council on Measurement in Education reports that Brian Bontempo will present two papers at this year's annual meeting. The first entitled "Time as a Variable" is co-authored with Marty McCall from the Northwest Evaluation Association. The second paper, entitled "A comparison of traditional and IRT based item quality criteria" is co-authored by Jerry Gorham from Pearson VUE. Both papers will be presented on Saturday April 8, 2006 in San Francisco, CA.
(March 2006)

Mountain Measurement is pleased to announce that we are now offering research related data support services. Data support services include phone-based data collection, data-entry, data cleaning and data integrity services. For more information, check out Mountain Measurement Data Support or call Carina at (503) 284-1288 ext 125.
(January 2006)

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Pearson VUE, and Mountain Measurement are pleased to announce that the NCLEX^® Program Reports have undergone a technological enhancement. Effective October 2005, reports will be generated as electronic files, quickly and easily accessed and downloaded from a secure web site. For more information, check out the NCLEX^® Program Reports web site or call the NCLEX^® Program Reports hotline at (800) 261-6227.
(October 2005)

The National Association of EMS Educators is pleased to announce that Brian D. Bontempo, Ph.D. founder and CEO of Mountain Measurement, Inc. will give a keynote address at their annual meeting. The presentation, entitled "The Future of Testing and Assessment", will be given on Thursday September 8, 2005 at 10:00 AM in San Antonio, TX.
(August 2005)

Pearson VUE is partnering with Mountain Measurement to provide the NCLEX^® Program Reports for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Beginning in the Fall 2005, semi-annually, Mountain Measurement will provide subscribing nursing education programs with detailed information on the performance of their program's graduates on the NCLEX^® examinations. Mountain Measurement expects to convert the reports to electronic format and enhance the level of service provided to subscribers.
(July 2005)

Mountain Measurement has moved! Our new offices are located in North Portland in the historic Mississippi District.
(December 2004)

Brian D. Bontempo, Ph.D., Mountain Measurement's Principal Consultant has begun serving as the Psychometrician for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Between now and Jan 1, 2007, Dr. Bontempo will lead the psychometric design and development of a Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) system that will assess the competency of thousands of newly trained First Responders, EMT-Basics, EMT-Intermediates, and Paramedics from around the United States.
(November 2004)

Mountain Measurement is proud to be part of a research team that has recently been awarded a grant by the The National Science Foundation. The project, Feedbacks Between Urban Systems and the Environment" (FUSE) seeks to understand how the components of the urban atmospheric environment interact. One goal of the project will be to develop a model that can be used to forecast human interaction with the urban atmospheric environment during episodes of extreme heat and poor air quality.
(July 2004)

Mountain Measurement to provide psychometric services for IT industry certification programs. Details in our CompTIA Press Release.
(May 10, 2004)

Steve Wise and MM Principal Brian Bontempo, Ph.D. discussed the papers presented at the Computer Adaptive Testing - Item Exposure Session (Session G) of the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education in San Diego, CA April 13-15, 2004. Details can be found at NCME-Item Exposure.
(January 10, 2004)

Rebecca Goldstein, Ph.D. and MM Principal Brian Bontempo, Ph.D. presented a paper entitled "Conducting a Narrative Analysis on a Tentative Reconciliation between Opposing Camps: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research" at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Diego, CA April 12-16, 2004. More details can be found at AERA-Narrative Analysis.
(January 10, 2004)

For the fourth year in a row, MM Principal Brian Bontempo, Ph.D. presented at the Technology in Testing Conference sponsored by the Association of Test Publishers. This year, Brian will present an overview of Standard Setting Techniques on Tuesday February 3rd, 2004 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, in Palm Springs, CA. More details can be found at Standard Setting Techniques.
(December 8, 2003)

Mountain Measurement partners with Questionmark, a leading testing tool provider and test delivery provider, to expand client offerings.
(July 1, 2003)

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) partners with Mountain Measurement, Inc. to evaluate the validity of the Open Book Option for Emergency Nursing Recertification
(April 10, 2003)

MM Principal Brian Bontempo presented at the Technology in Testing Conference sponsored by the Association of Test Publishers. Details can be found at Managing Item Banks.
(January 27, 2003)

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing partners with Mountain Measurement, Inc. to evaluate the speededness of the NCLEX-RN® examination.
(January 6, 2003)

Mountain Measurement, Inc. and NWEA partner to help all kids learn.
(October 16, 2002)

Mountain Measurement, Inc. officially organized as an S-Corporation.
(October 10, 2002)