Logan Rome

Dr. Logan Rome earned his Ph.D. in Educational Statistics & Measurement from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2017 and began his career at Curriculum Associates that same year. His work sits at the intersection of assessment and instruction, combining psychometric and research expertise with product data to strengthen the design and impact of tools that support teaching and learning.

Since joining Curriculum Associates, Logan has contributed to several foundational features of the i-Ready Inform assessment, including the development of Projected Proficiency reporting, Rush Flags, and the i-Ready Growth model. His work aims to advance the integration of psychometric and research-based principles into the company’s instructional products, strengthening coherence between measurement and instruction and aiming to provide educators with a unified view of student proficiency and growth over time.

• Rome, L., & Daisher, T. (2022). i-Ready Stretch Growth® as a path toward proficiency. Curriculum Associates. 

Academic Presentations

• Rome, L. (2025, July). Bayesian IRT for continuous measurement of student proficiency. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Minneapolis, MN.
• Rome, L. (2025, June). Interpretations and use of growth measures from interim and summative assessments. In L. Rome (Chair), Interpretations and use of growth measures from interim and summative assessments. Coordinated session conducted at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Student Assessment, Denver, CO.
• Rome, L., Student, S., & Daisher, T. (2025, April). Growth modeling for Bayesian priors in repeated measurement of student ability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
• Rome, L., & Patton, E. (2019, June). Developing test-level rush flags for the i-Ready Diagnostic assessment. In L. Rome (Chair), Identifying rushing in the i-Ready Diagnostic computerized adaptive test. Coordinated session conducted at the annual meeting of the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing, Minneapolis, MN.
• Rome, L. (2018, October). New models for predicting state summative assessment scores from formative assessments. In L. Rome (Chair), Where's my crystal ball?: Statistical methods for relating formative and summative assessments. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)