Paul A. McDermott, Ph.D.

Paul A. McDermott, Ph.D.

Paul A. McDermott, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Human Development and Quantitative Methods Division at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. A psychometrician and quantitative psychologist, he previously served as director of Clinical and Industrial Measurement for The Psychological Corporation and holds a Diplomate from the American Academy of Assessment Psychology. Dr. McDermott is also a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist. Dr. McDermott specializes in measurement theory, test construction, applied multivariate statistics, and multilevel and longitudinal modeling. He develops standardized measures of school behavioral adjustment, classroom learning behaviors, neighborhood effects, addiction severity, and cognitive growth.