Lydia Liu, Ph.D., is Principal Research Director in charge of three ETS research centers: Center for Education and Career Development, Center for Language Education and Assessment Research, and Center for K12 Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. Dr. Liu is an expert in assessment and research of critical competencies in higher education. She has also managed several grants awarded by the National Science Foundation and other funding agencies in the United States, India, China, and Korea. Dr. Liu has authored and coauthored more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, research reports, and book chapters in the fields of applied measurement, higher education, and science assessment. Dr. Liu received the 2019 Robert Linn Memorial Lecture Award and 2011 National Council on Measurement in Education Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award in recognition of her original and extensive research in learning outcomes assessment in higher education and K–12 science assessment. Dr. Liu holds a doctorate in quantitative methods and evaluation from the University of California, Berkeley.
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