Leigh Ann Lipscomb, Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

NGSS / Science Assessment consultant. Works in all areas of assessment including item review / editing, stimulus and item writing. Facilitates educator review committees (Item and Bias Review, Data Review, and Test Construction). Holds Ph.D. and conducts expert review of assets and test forms. Writes and edits state science standards, particularly for NGSS adaptor states, as well as Performance Level Descriptors and curriculum materials. Comfortable at all grade levels K-college for physical, life, earth, and technology).

Teaching freshman and sophomore chemistry lecture and lab classes.

• Strong background in both formative and summative assessments• Well-versed in the Next Generation Science Standards• Science project lead for several state assessments, consults effectively with clients• Creates, reviews, and edits test items• Assigns and manages subcontracted external and internal item development• Develops item and test specifications documents• Prepares blueprints• Writes and interprets standards• Leads review committee meetings, including Content & Bias Review, Data Review, on-site Test Construction• Conducts item writer training workshops for a range of audiences• Leads a variety of internal meetings and has often led department meetings• Well-versed in technology-enhanced items including drag and drop, hotspots• Verifies the accuracy of content codes, keys, and justifications• Performs gap analyses• Strong background in test construction, understands psychometric analyses• Conducts research in the area of formative assessment• Mentors new employees Plans and writes proposal text, prepares sample items

Professional Item Writer. External consultant for assessment companies such as Harcourt, Pearson, WestEd, Riverside, ACT, ETS, and others. Wrote for all areas of science at all grade levels ranging from 2nd grade to the Medical College Admissions Test.

Taught courses in Protein Structure, X-ray Crystallography, Physical Chemistry.