Kelly D. Bradley

Kelly D. Bradley is a Professor and Chair of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Her research is anchored in quantitative methods, measurement, and assessment, and she has been awarded over 3 million dollars as PI, co-PI, or Co-I. She has held multiple leadership roles within AERA and is active in disseminating her work through presentation, invited talks, and peer-reviewed publications. She has been recognized as an outstanding advisor and teacher, and her students have gone on to serve in prominent roles in state education, academia, measurement boards, and evaluation organizations. Dr. Bradley holds a PhD in quantitative research, evaluation, and measurement with a cognate in sociology from The Ohio State University, a M.S. in statistics from the University of South Carolina, a B.S. in mathematics and sociology and a B.A. in mathematics education from Fairmont State University.

Publications

Setting Up to Thrive by Anchoring in Evaluation
Setting Up to Thrive by Anchoring in Evaluation
Shannon O. Sampson, Kelly D. Bradley, Joseph Waddington. © 2023. 20 pages.
In this chapter, the authors describe their guiding principles for development and improvement of an online program, offering specific examples of how these have played out. They...
Implementing a Measurement Framework to Assess and Evaluate Student Readiness for Online Learning and Growth
Implementing a Measurement Framework to Assess and Evaluate Student Readiness for Online Learning and Growth
Shannon Sampson, Kelly D. Bradley, Heather Arrowsmith, Richard Mensah. © 2018. 17 pages.
This chapter was developed out of a study on the effectiveness of an online technology mini-course to prepare students for success in online classes. The work focuses on the...
Measuring Perceptions of New Faculty towards Research, Service, and Teaching in Higher Education
Measuring Perceptions of New Faculty towards Research, Service, and Teaching in Higher Education
Kelly D. Bradley, Linda Worley, Jessica D. Cunningham, Jeffery P. Bieber. © 2014. 11 pages.
The New Faculty Preparation Survey was designed to measure perceptions of recently hired faculty regarding research, service, and teaching for self and institution, while...
Utilizing the Rasch Model to Develop and Evaluate Items for the Tacit Knowledge Inventory for Superintendents (TKIS)
Utilizing the Rasch Model to Develop and Evaluate Items for the Tacit Knowledge Inventory for Superintendents (TKIS)
Christian E. Mueller, Kelly D. Bradley. © 2011. 21 pages.
Tacit knowledge was originally introduced into the professional literature by Michael Polanyi and later made popular by researchers in a variety of domains. Measuring this...
Utilizing the Rasch Model to Develop and Evaluate Items for the Tacit Knowledge Inventory for Superintendents (TKIS)
Utilizing the Rasch Model to Develop and Evaluate Items for the Tacit Knowledge Inventory for Superintendents (TKIS)
Christian E. Mueller, Kelly D. Bradley. © 2009. 21 pages.
Tacit knowledge was originally introduced into the professional literature by Michael Polanyi and later made popular by researchers in a variety of domains. Measuring this...