Lynn Webb is a testing consultant who assists agencies with ensuring that their professional assessments are valid, reliable, and fair. For over 20 years she has been providing consultation to credentialing agencies and testing companies in all areas of test development including practice analyses/role delineation studies, development or validation of test specifications, question writing workshops, test assembly, passing score studies, item and test analysis, and formatting score reports. Additional areas of expertise include conduct of focus groups, meeting facilitation, grader/rater standardization, policy issues, long-range planning, and auditing programs with reference to ISO/IEC 17024. Consultation also includes preparing agencies for NCCA or ANSI accreditation.

 

Prior to working as a consultant Dr. Webb was the Director of Testing for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has also held senior staff positions at the National Board of Medical Examiners, Educational Testing Service (ETS) and ACT. 

 

Dr. Webb’s academic background is in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in research and evaluation. She is active professionally in several psychometric and testing organizations and frequently speaks on testing and psychometrics at national and international conferences.