Erin Banjonovic

Dr. Erin Banjanovic is an Associate Director in Psychometrics at Curriculum Associates. She has more than ten years of applied experience conducting psychometric analyses, applying advanced statistical models, and managing complex datasets. Her work at Curriculum Associates focuses on using data from instruction to improve measurement and reporting for teachers and students. Prior to joining Curriculum Associates, Erin worked at Pearson as a psychometrician for a state assessment program and at HumRRO, a non-profit research company, as a psychometric and research consultant. Erin holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation.

Selected publications. Prior publication name includes Erin A. Smith:

• Rome, L., Banjanovic, E., & Daisher, T. (2025). Glicko-IRT: A dynamic measurement model for integrating assessment and instruction in i-Ready. Billerica, MA: Curriculum Associates.
• McCloy, R. A., Purl, J. D., & Banjanovic, E. (2019). Turnover modeling and event history analysis. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 12(3), 320–325.
• Banjanovic, E., & Bynum, B. H. (2017). Psychometric research for the 2018 test delivery vendor transition (2017 No. 083). Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization.
• Bynum, B. H., Banjanovic, E., & Baldwin, S. P. (2017). Recalibration of the SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certification tests (2017 No. 096). Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization.
• Osborne, J. W., & Banjanovic, E. (2016). Exploratory Factor Analysis with SAS. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
• Banjanovic, E. S., & Osborne, J. W. (2016). Confidence intervals for effect sizes: Applying bootstrap resampling. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 21(5). Retrieved from http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=21&n=5
• Smith, E. A., & Sinclair, A. L. (2015). Review and recommendations for PLE instruments re-design (2015 No. 053). Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization.
• Sinclair, A. L., & Smith, E. A. (2014). Program evaluation of the primary mathematics intervention program: Validity and reliability investigations for the pilot year of fluency assessments (2014 No. 031). Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization.
• Smith, E. A., Deatz, R. C., Nemeth, Y. M., Thacker, A. A., & Dickinson, E. R. (2013). Independent alignment review of the reading Minnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS) (2013 No. 051). Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization.

Academic Presentations

• Xiong, J., & Banjanovic, E. (2026, April). Item bank review and monitoring in a digital learning system. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
• Banjanovic, E. (2026, April). Context, accuracy, and uncertainty: Guidance for selecting a dynamic measurement model. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
• Daisher, T., Banjanovic, E., & Rome, L. (2026, April). Optimizing prior distributions for dynamic measurement. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
• Daisher, T., Banjanovic, E., & Rome, L. (2025, July). Bayesian IRT for continuous measurement of student proficiency. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Minneapolis, MN.
• Banjanovic, E., & Rome, L. (2025, April). A review and evaluation of three approaches to dynamic measurement. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Daisher, T., Banjanovic, E., & Rome, L. (2025, April). Combining IRT with Glicko for the purpose of dynamic measurement. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Lu, Y., & Banjanovic, E. (2025, April). Maximizing assessment information after instruction: Using responses, time, and multiple attempts. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Xiong, J., & Banjanovic, E. (2025, April). Exploring alternative IRT models to improve estimation in the presence of learning. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Banjanovic, E., Minchen, N., Daisher, T., & Rome, L. (2024, April). The effect of instruction and feedback on IRT parameter estimation. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Banjanovic, E., & Bynum, B. (2020, April). A bootstrapping examination of anchor size and equating variance. Paper uploaded for the National Conference for Measurement in Education, Virtual.
• Smith, E., & Osborne, J. (2015, February). Bootstrapping confidence intervals for effect sizes. Paper presented at the American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice, New Orleans, LA.
• Smith, E. (2013, April). Stress and the classroom: Can exposure to stressors impact student engagement? Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

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