Edufirm LLC

Edufirm is a Texas corporation that manages the QuickScore Reading Assessment Program. It holds the exclusive license for the QuickScore and is dedicated to serving the world wide education community.

Ronald S. Carriveau

Ronald Carriveau is the author of the QuickScore Reading Assessment Program and holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology, measurement and methodology. He has twenty years’ experience in the K-12 education system, serving as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, special education teacher, and district director of assessment. His experience includes state department director of assessment, university associate professor in educational psychology, university outcomes and assessment specialist, and corporate assessment development manager. He has taught many graduate courses in reading education, including reading clinics, and has worked as an education consultant for many years. He is the author of a book on outcomes-based assessment, now in second edition, co-author of a book on course redesign, and chapter contributor to an international book on online learning.

Theresa Carriveau

Theresa Carriveau is the author of the stories in the QuickScore Reading Assessment Program and holds a B.A. in elementary education. She was an elementary school librarian for fourteen years and presented workshops in story-telling and puppetry. She helped facilitate the development and field testing of the QuickScore, in which many teachers participated and many students were interviewed regarding the stories used in the QuickScore. She revised test stories many times in order to achieve teacher and student approval and to match content and statistical requirements.

Brett Patchen

Brett Patchen is the customer service and support manager for the QuickScore. Brett holds a B.A. in Social Science and an M.A. in Educational Counseling and Psychology. He has over 20 years of experience in education both as a classroom instructor and curriculum designer. He was one of the first to help develop a computer-assisted ESL program for second language learners for the State of Nevada. Brett is experienced in online course design and worked as a professional trainer and distance learning support specialist for several years at the University of North Texas.

Chitlada Patchen

Chitlada Patchen is an instruction and reading advisor for the QuickScore. Chitlada has a B.A in English Language, M.A. in Teaching English, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, majoring in literacy studies. She has over 30 years of teaching experience in Thailand and the United States working with students ranging from K-12 to university level. She has worked as an assistant professor at the University of North Texas and is currently teaching as an adjunct professor in the College of Education at Boise State University in Idaho. Her expertise is working with English language learners, reading theory, and literacy assessment.

About QuickScore

The QuickScore originally came out in hard copy and was called the CIPRA (Carriveau Individual Profile Reading Assessment). More than 200,000 students were tested with the CIPRA in hard copy. It was then decided to convert the entire assessment to an online format with added enhancements, including voice instructions for Levels 1 and 2, additional rubric scoring guides for the written responses, a floating rubric for online miscue analysis scoring, and a name change to QuickScore Reading Assessment Program or QuickScore. The QuickScore has eight test levels for grades 1-8, measures specific reading comprehension outcomes, and includes multiple-choice, written response, and oral response items. Class summary and individual student detailed reports are produced immediately after test administrations.