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Cumming has been a consultant on a wide variety of higher education assessment topics with over 20 years of experience in education including assessment, educational and social research, institutional research, and psychometrics. Dr. Cumming has taught graduate courses in educational research methods and assessment as well as undergraduate courses in statistics, quantitative methods of research, and remedial mathematics. Dr. Cumming holds a bachelor's degree in mathematical statistics and a master's degree in quantitative educational research methods from the University of Florida, and a doctoral degree in applied statistics and psychometrics from The University of Iowa.