Daniel Katz

Research Scientist

Danny Katz is a research scientist focusing on the philosophy of measurement, ontology, and psychometrics. He is interested in methods for improving measurement claims in educational settings as well as using ideas from the philosophies of science and language to understand how we conceptualize what might be measurable in the human sciences. He hopes to do more work connecting educational measurement, psychometrics, and education policy. He has worked and published in areas related to test fairness, adolescent literacy, university-level biology education, and program evaluation. He is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara.