Syeda Sabrina Akter

Human-, GRM-, and LLM-Generated School-Improvement Leadership Scores from Missouri: Structural Bias and Concurrent and Predictive Validity

Seth B. Hunter, David S. Woo, Katherine M. Bowser, Syeda Sabrina Akter, Thomas Hairston, Eter Mjavanadze, Antonios Anastasopoulos, Sarah Hairston. October 2026

Topics: Methods

Tags: Assessment, Leadership, Principals

Head or assistant principal evaluation systems are widely deployed but rarely examined for validity, and AI scoring tools have entered K–12 workflows ahead of the evidence. We examine human supervisor ratings, Graded Response Model (GRM) rescaling, and large language model (LLM) scoring of 1,385… more →
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Institutions: George Mason University, University of Utah, National Council on Teacher Quality, University of Missouri, Columbia Academy for Learning and Enrichment