Jamal Abedi https://www.iltaonline.com/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1732435 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:38:57 GMT Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:24:38 GMT Copyright © 2023 International Language Testing Association Jamal Abedi https://www.iltaonline.com/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1732435 https://www.iltaonline.com/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1732435 We are saddened to announce the passing of Jamal Abedi in October, 2022.

Jamal Abedi was a Professor Emeritus of educational measurement at the University of California, Davis. Abedi’s research interests included studies in the areas of psychometrics and test development. His recent works include studies on the validity of assessment, accommodation, and classification for English language learners (ELLs) and ELLs with disabilities. Abedi served on assessment advisory boards for a number of states and assessment consortia as an expert in testing ELLs.

Abedi was the recipient of the 2003 Outstanding Contribution Relating Research to Practice award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award by the California Educational Research Association, the 2013 National Association of Test Directors: Outstanding Contribution to Educational Assessment, the 2014 University of California, Davis: Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award, the 2015 UC Davis School of Education Outstanding Faculty award and the 2016 national AERA E.F. Lindquist Award. He held a Master’s degree.

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