Dr. Sandra Camargo Salamanca

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Sandra Camargo Salamanca is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She obtained her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Research Methodology from Purdue University. Her research primarily focuses on improving validity inferences drawn from assessments using scoring rubrics in large-scale classroom assessment contexts, ensuring that results are used effectively in classrooms, schools, communities, and countries. Sandra has extensive experience in psychometric analysis, meta-analysis, and quantitative methods research. She holds double master's degrees in Education from Purdue University and in Psychology from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where her thesis on concept validity received Laureate recognition. Her contributions to the field have been recognized with awards and fellowships from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Colombia.

Research Interests

Courses

EPSY 486: Principles of Measurement EPSY 587: Hierarchical Linear Models

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE is optional for admission to all graduate programs in Statistics. Full status admission requires higher language scores than limited status.