Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Rasch in the United Kingdom: UK
Rasch started strong in the UK with Bruce Choppin around 1980 - but his reports on the dismal state of British education soon ran into the political reality of "Shoot the messenger!" But times have changed. International competition in all spheres is increasing - and as Tom Peters quotes: "If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less." (General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army). So Rasch measurement is taking hold in the UK again. If you are in the UK and want to be put in touch with other Rasch researchers, please contact me directly.