About Us

The EdMetric Team

We are assessment professionals providing evidence-based strategies for educational improvement.

EdMetric Team Members

Karla Egan, Ph.D. – Principal
Anne Davidson, Ed.D. – Senior Associate
Melia Franklin, Ed.D. – Senior Associate
Stanley Rabinowitz, Ph.D. - Senior Technical Advisor
Amy Jones – Program Manager
Mark Phipps – Program Manager

Karla Egan, Ph.D.

EdMetric LLC’s founder, Dr. Karla Egan, is internationally recognized for her work in standard setting and achievement level development. Dr. Egan is the rare psychometrician who enjoys communicating complex psychometric concepts to stakeholders. Throughout her 20-year psychometric career, she has worked with parents, educators, state educational agencies, and state legislators.

Learn more about Karla on her biography page.

Connect with Karla on LinkedIn.

Anne Davidson

Anne Davidson, Ed.D.

Dr. Anne Davidson is a trusted educator and psychometrician who has led in the classroom, lecture hall, and conference room. She has served in psychometrics for over 15 years, working closely with clients and colleagues to improve educational systems. Special student populations are dear to Anne’s heart and she has contributed significantly to their inclusion in assessment through practical psychometrics and research. Dr. Davidson serves as federal peer reviewer and PTA member.

Learn more about Anne on her biography page.

Connect with Anne on LinkedIn.

Melia Franklin, Ed.D.

Dr. Melia Franklin has been in education for over 25 years. She has served in multiple capacities: teacher, state department director, university instructor, and Local Education Agency district office administrator. In these various roles she has helped orchestrate large-scale assessments at the state level and worked directly with teachers at the district level to create classroom assessments that affect instruction. In her role with EdMetric, Dr. Franklin works with the team to write technical documentation, conduct assessment audits and alignment studies, and evaluate educational products.

Learn more about Melia on her biography page.

Stanley Rabinowitz, Ph.D.

Dr Rabinowitz has consulted extensively on standards, assessment and accountability issues with researchers, policymakers and assessment staff at national, state and district levels in the USA and internationally. Dr Rabinowitz has served on more than a dozen state and national technical advisory committees as well as directed the National Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation and the PMO for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium at WestEd. He served as General Manager for the Australian National Assessment (NAPLAN) and State Assessment Director at the New Jersey Department of Education.

Learn more about Stanley on his biography page.

Amy Jones

Amy Jones has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and more than 25 years of management experience. As a Program Manager with EdMetric, Ms. Jones interfaces with our clients to guarantee that customer and company goals are met. During the past three years as part of the EdMetric management team, Ms. Jones has played a vital role in orchestrating multiple projects related to alignment reviews, standard setting events, and achievement level descriptor development. Amy serves as an on-site project manager for key EdMetric projects and focuses on logistics. She works collaboratively with state agency personnel, work-group participants, and assessment vendors to ensure that work is completed successfully in the allotted time frame. Amy also assists in group facilitation as needed.

Mark Phipps

Mr. Mark Phipps, Program Manager, has more than 13 years’ program/project management experience in the assessment industry which extends into contract and subcontractor oversight. In his capacity as a Program Manager with EdMetric, he provides expertise to internal team members and external clients with process documentation, process improvement, schedule management, risk/issue mitigation, and overall project oversight for successful deliverables.