Finetune Learning is proud to announce the hire of Sara Vispoel, Ph.D as Chief Assessment & Learning Officer.

“We are delighted to have someone of Sara’s background and expertise come on board. She is a perfect fit for us and our rapidly growing customers in assessment across K-16 education, Certification, and Professional Licensure. She has a unique combination of strengths as a psychometrician, teacher, educational standards developer, and test development expert with background in the application of AI to assessment. Her practical orientation and commitment to improving education and assessment will benefit our product design in ways that ensure value for teachers, testing programs, learners, and test-takers.”

Steve Shapiro. CEO Finetune Learning

Dr. Vispoel was previously with ACT for more than 17 years as Associate VP/Senior Director of Assessment Design, Director of Test Development, and earlier as Test Development Manager.

Sara earned a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Educational Measurement and Statistics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, from the University of Iowa.

As a High School teacher, Sara served as the Department Chair of Sciences and was honored with the NABT Outstanding Biology Teacher Award.