TrueScore Consulting
About
OUR STORY
We started TrueScore Consulting in 2002, building on decades of previous experience in social science research. Our first clients were top education think tanks in Washington, DC. The projects we worked on related to student testing and achievement gaps received national media attention in outlets such as CNN, C-SPAN, Education Week, WSJ, and NYT. Some of the findings were cited in testimony before the U.S. House and Senate Committees, and in briefs filed before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Since relocating to Oregon, we have expanded our client base to include a wide variety of philanthropies and nonprofit organizations.
Naomi Chudowsky, Ph.D., founder of TrueScore Consulting, has worked in the field of educational testing and research for more than thirty years. After earning her Ph.D at Stanford University in educational psychology and measurement, Naomi coordinated the development of a new statewide high school testing program at the Connecticut State Department of Education. From there she moved to Washington, DC, where she worked on President Clinton’s Voluntary Testing Initiative at the National Center for Education Statistics. That was followed by seven years as a Program Officer at the National Academy of Sciences, where she conducted research and wrote committee reports on a wide variety of education topics. Family considerations brought Naomi to Bend, Oregon in 2003. As a consultant, she has continued to use her expertise to help nonprofits and philanthropies conduct high-quality evaluations and education research.
Victor Chudowsky, Ph.D. has expertise in research methods, surveys, focus groups, statistics, and policy writing. In the 1990s, he received his Ph.D. from University of Connecticut in political science, and won a federal grant to conduct public opinion research in Ukraine. Upon returning, Victor was a Program Officer with Meridian International Center, a major contractor to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. There he worked closely with the U.S. diplomatic corps to design training programs for visiting foreign dignitaries. After leaving the nation's capital for Oregon, he helped start TrueScore. As a consultant, he focuses on managing clients' databases, statistical analyses, and presenting results in a manner that is clear and useful to program leaders. In 2012, Victor was elected to the City Council of Bend, Oregon and continues to serve on the boards of several community organizations.
TrueScore has established relationships with other top-notch writers, editors, and researchers whom we draw upon for specific projects, as needed.