Tom is a psychometrician and assessment consultant with over 15 years of experience across education, professional certification, and corporate contexts. Specialising in the design, validation, and technical analysis of high-stakes assessments, bridging rigorous psychometric methods with practical, defensible decision-making. He holds a PhD in Educational Assessment, and consults across the technology and professional services sectors, advising organisations on psychometric strategy, responsible assessment frameworks, and the effective use of measurement in high-stakes decisions about people and performance.
Experience
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Assessment Design & Validation — Designed and validated high-stakes assessments across professional certification, corporate talent, and educational contexts, applying IRT, Rasch modelling, and standard-setting methodologies.
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Fairness & Bias Analysis — Led DIF and fairness reviews for large-scale assessments, with particular focus on linguistic complexity, intersectional bias, and defensible decision-making frameworks.
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Psychometric Consultancy — Independent advisory work spanning medical licensing, corporate psychology tools, educational measurement, and responsible AI assessment frameworks.
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AI & Measurement Research — Current research on applications and implications of AI in language assessment, alongside published work on machine learning approaches to item difficulty modelling.
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Stakeholder Strategy & Governance — Advised clients on psychometric strategy, responsible assessment frameworks, and data governance; facilitated workshops on curriculum–assessment alignment.
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Standard Setting & Cut Score Validation — Applied and evaluated standard-setting methodologies to support defensible pass/fail decisions in high-stakes professional and educational assessments.
Credentials
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Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Assessment, Testing, and Measurement, University of Bedfordshire
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Masters Degree Applied Linguistics, University of Leicester
