The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a preeminent U.S. based professional organization for its substantial contributions to the investigation of advanced computing methods and qualitative methods to assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement.[1] NCME was launched in 1938 and previously operated under the name National Council on Measurements Used in Education.[2]

NCME professionals work in developing advanced quantitative and qualitative methods for evaluation, testing, program evaluation, and, more generally, educational and psychological measurement. As a nexus for scholarly and professional expertise, NCME boasts a diverse membership that spans both national and international boundaries, encompassing a cadre of experts who are at the vanguard of educational assessment, psychometrics, and the integration of innovative computational techniques. NCME’s pivotal contributions to the field are characterized by a steadfast commitment to the enhancement of educational measurement practices through the incorporation of sophisticated statistical models and cutting-edge data analysis methodologies. NCME's role in fostering the development and dissemination of advanced computing methods within educational statistics is not only acknowledged within the United States but also reverberates across the global academic community, underscoring its stature as an institution of significant influence and esteemed recognition. One goal of the organization is to ensure that assessment is fair and equitable for all students.[3]

Journals

NCME publishes three scholarly journals, each dedicated to the publication of high-quality research articles in educational measurement. These journals – distinguished in their own right – serve as premier platforms for the dissemination of groundbreaking and rigorous research, contributing significantly to the body of knowledge in educational assessment, psychometrics, and related disciplines. They attract submissions from leading experts and emerging scholars worldwide, offering a diverse array of perspectives and insights. The rigorous peer-review process employed by these publications ensures that only the most robust, innovative, and impactful research is shared with the academic community. Through these journals, NCME plays a pivotal role in shaping the discourse and advancing the frontiers of educational measurement, underlining its commitment to fostering academic excellence and scholarly integrity within the field.

Journal of Educational Measurement

The Journal of Educational Measurement (JEM) is a quarterly journal that publishes original measurement research, reports of novel applications of measurement in an educational context, and reviews of measurement publications. The topics addressed will interest those concerned with the practice of measurement in field settings as well as be of interest to measurement theorists. In addition to presenting new contributions to measurement theory and practice, JEM also serves as a vehicle for improving educational measurement applications in a variety of settings.[4]

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) is a quarterly publication that is aimed at practitioners and users of tests, as well as professional educators, legislators, school personnel, and interested citizens. Its primary purpose is to promote a better understanding of educational measurement and to encourage reasoned debate on current issues of practical importance to educators and the public. EM:IP also provides one means of communication among NCME members and between NCME members and others concerned with educational measurement issues and practices.

NCME's Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice journal is accessible for all NCME members. [5]

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Cosponsored by NCME and Beijing Normal University (BNU), the Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation (CEJEME) aims to share advances in scholarship and practice between China and the assessment and evaluation communities throughout the world. CEJEME publishes original empirical articles that present new approaches to educational measurement and evaluation, as well as review articles. The journal places an emphasis on sharing knowledge relevant to the practice of educational assessment and evaluation in the service of improving educational outcomes. The journal welcomes articles of policy and instructional design relevance. The journal will be published in two languages (Chinese and English). Manuscripts can be submitted in either Chinese or English and will be peer-reviewed in the language of submission.[6]

Awards

NCME annually bestows a series of esteemed awards, each marked by a rigorous and highly competitive selection process, reflecting the organization's commitment to excellence and innovation in educational measurement. These awards, renowned for their stringent criteria, are designed to acknowledge and celebrate the remarkable achievements of professionals who have made significant contributions in various domains of educational assessment, psychometrics, healthcare, engineering, and related disciplines. The recipients of these prestigious awards are distinguished individuals who have demonstrated exceptional expertise, groundbreaking research, and substantial advancements in their respective areas. The achievements of these awardees not only underscore their personal and professional dedication to the field but also embody the high standards and academic rigor that NCME upholds in its pursuit to foster and recognize outstanding scholarship and practice in educational measurement.[7]

Alicia Cascallar Award

The Alicia Cascallar Award for an Outstanding Paper by an Early Career Scholar has been established to honor Alicia’s professional commitment and accomplishments and to continue her practice of mentoring and encouraging promising new scholars in the area of educational measurement. The award will be given to an early career scholar for an outstanding paper presented at one of the three most recent NCME annual meetings. A cash award of $1,000, a commemorative plaque, and a waiver of NCME conference fees will be provided as partial support for an early career member of NCME to travel to the annual meeting. The award will be presented at the business meeting at the NCME Annual Meeting. [8]

Annual Receipients

2005 Sandip Sinharay

2006 Tim Moses

2007 Christina Wikstrom

2008 Jianbin Fu

2009 Deping Li, Chien-Ming Cheng, and Yanlin Jiang

2010 Longjuan Liang

2011 No Recipient

2012 Kyung T. Han

2013 Chun Wang

2014 Yoon Soo Park

2015 Peter Baldwin

2016 Okan Bulut

2017 Qiwei He

2018 Stefanie Wind

2019 Scott Monroe

2020 Edison Choe

2021 Carol Eckerly

2022 Susu Zhang

2023 Hwanggyu Lim

Annual Award for Exceptional Achievement in Educational Measurement

The NCME Annual Award was established to recognize exceptional achievement during the previous three years. The award may be given to recognize an outstanding technical or scientific contribution to the public or the field of educational measurement, which could include a book or publication which is an application of technology, or innovative ways of solving practical and theoretical measurement problems, inventive instrument development techniques, creative testing procedures or products, or scientific contributions of measurement to research methodology. The award may also be given to recognize exceptional service, such as a practitioner might provide to a state, district, consortia, or client, excellence in teaching, or outstanding mentorship. Exceptional service might include novel, technically sound methods of addressing real-world issues, facilitating data usage in making decisions, such as designing exceptionally informative score reports, and so on. To be eligible for this award, the contribution must have occurred initially during the previous three years. [9]

Annual Receipients

2016 Mark J. Gierl & Hollis Lai

2017 Kyung (Chris) Han

2018 Dr. Sean Reardon, Dr. Andrew Ho, Dr. Benjamin Shear, Dr. Erin Fahle, Dr. Demetra Kalogrides, Dr. Ken Shores, and Dr. Katherine Castellano

2019 Robert Mislevy

2020 Michael J. Kolen and Won-Chan Lee

2021 No recipient

2022 National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA)

2023 Hong Jiao, Qiwei He & Bernard Veldkamp

Note: Prior to 2016, the Annual Award was given in one of the following three categories each year

Outstanding Dissemination of Educational Measurement Concepts to the Public

1983 Carol Robinson and Sandra O'Neal, Albuquerque Public Schools

1986 James Mitchell, Buros Institute for Mental Measurement

1992 Australian Council for Educational Research

1995 Admission and Guidance Services Division, The College Board

1998 The Seattle Times

2001 Rebecca Zwick and Richard J. Stiggins

2004 Larry Rudner

2007 Gregory J. Cizek

2010 Damian W. Betebenner and Richard J. Wenning

Outstanding Example of Application of Educational Measurement Technology to a Specific Problem

1984 Trudy W. Banta

1987 Jerry Jenkins

1990 R. Darrell Bock and Bob Mislevy

1993 Martha Stocking and Len Swanson

1996 Wim van der Linden

1999 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

2002 No recipient

2005 Sarah Hartz and Louis Roussos

2008 Hua-Hua Chang and Zhiliang Ying

2011 Sun-Joo Cho, Allan Cohen, Seock-Ho Kim, and Brian Bottge

2014 Sun-Joo Cho, Jennifer Gilbert, and Amanda Goodwin

Outstanding Technical or Scientific Contribution to the Field of Educational Measurement

1985 Kikumi L. Tatsuoka

1988 Robert Mislevy, Albert Beaton, Eugene Johnson, and Kathleen M. Sheehan

1991 Fumiko Samejima

1994 William F. Stout

1997 Susan Embretson, Michael J. Kolen and Robert L. Brennan

2000 Robert Mislevy, Linda Steinberg and Robert Almond

2003 Jim Ramsey

2006 Howard Wainer, Eric Bradlow, and Xiaohui Wang

2009 Shelby Haberman, Sandip Sinharay, and Gautam Puham

2012 Derek Briggs

2015 Sandip Sinharay, Shelby Haberman, and Kyong Hee Chon

Brenda H. Loyd Outstanding Dissertation Award

The Brenda H. Loyd Award honors an outstanding dissertation that exemplifies scholarly excellence and innovative quantitative research using advanced computing methods to address urgent and important issues in educational measurement. The winner of the award will receive $1,000 and a commemorative plaque from NCME. In addition, the advisor or committee chair for the award-winning dissertation will receive a letter of congratulations. [10]

Annual Receipients

1997 Louis A. Roussos

1998 Thomas S. Paskus

1999 Lori Davis McLeod

2000 Won Chan Lee

2001 David M. Williamson

2002 Edward W. Wiley

2003 Sarah McConnell Hartz

2004 Aimee M. Boyd

2005 Michalis P. Michaelides and Seonghoon Kim

2006 Yanmei Li

2007 Andrew Dean Ho

2008 Roy Levy

2009 Li Cai

2010 Chia-Yi Chiu

2011 Brian Lukoff

2012 Zhushan Li

2013 Duanli Yan

2014 Minjeong Jeon

2015 Ronli P. Diakow

2016 Yuanchao Emily Bo and Youn-Jeng Choi

2017 Megan Kuhfeld

2018 Yunxiao Chen

2019 Maria Bolsinova

2020 Seohyun Kim

2021 Dandan Liao and Esther Ulitzsch

2022 Kaiwen Man

2023 Jiawei Xiong

Bradley Hanson Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement

The Bradley Hanson Award has been established to honor Bradley Hanson's contributions to the field of educational measurement and to further advance the goals embodied in his work. Applicants must describe a recently completed research project or propose a new research project that promises to make a substantive contribution to the field of educational measurement or the development, instruction or mentoring of new professionals in the field. A typical time frame for the expected completion of a proposed project is one to two years. Please see the list of previous recipients and their projects for more information. The recipient will be awarded $1,000 and a commemorative plaque from NCME, which will be presented to the recipient at the NCME Annual Meeting. You may contact the committee chair with any questions or comments.[11]

Annual Receipients

2005 Seonghoon Kim; Gary Skaggs

2006 Won-Chan Lee

2007 Jianbin Fu

2008 no recipient

2009 Ying Cheng

2010 J. Patrick Meyer

2011 Werner Wothke

2012 Matthias von Davier

2013 Lihua Yao

2014 Hong Jiao

2015 Chaitanya Ramineni, Brent Bridgeman & Paul Deane

2016 Sun-Joo Cho

2017 Wenchao Ma & Jimmy de a Torre

2018 Sandip Sinharay

2019 Hongwen Guo, Mo Zhang, Paul Deane, & Randy Bennett

2020 Matthew Johnson and Sandip Sinharay

2021 Steven Culpepper & James Balamuta

2022 David Magis, Duanli Yan & Alina von Davier

2023 Paul Dean, Duanli Yan & Priya Kannan

Career Contributions Award

The NCME Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement is an annual award and honors a person whose contributions over a career have had a widespread positive impact on the field of educational measurement. These influential contributions might include one or more of the following: theoretical or technical developments; ideas or conceptualizations of information to the public about educational measurement that has widely influence public understanding; and/or applications of theory through procedures, instrument, or program development that have influenced broadly the nature of measurement and practice. The recipient of the award will receive a monetary award of $3,000. Additionally, there will be a plenary award ceremony with an invited presentation by the award recipient at the Annual Meeting.[12]

Annual Receipients

1988 Melvin Novick

1989 Ralph Tyler

1990 Frederic M. Lord

1991 Albert N. Hieronymus

1992 T. Anne Cleary (posthumously)

1993 Ronald K. Hambleton

1994 Leonard S. Feldt

1995 Robert L. Linn

1996 Jason Millman

1997 William Mehrens

1998 Richard M. Jaeger

1999 Loretta Shepard

2000 Robert L. Brennan

2001 Sylvia T. Johnson

2002 James W. Popham

2003 Robert Mislevy

2004 Paul Holland

2005 Wim J. van der Linden

2006 Barbara Plake

2007 Howard Wainer

2008 Michael J. Kolen

2009 Michael T. Kane

2010 Neil Dorans

2011 Ed Haertel

2012 Allan S. Cohen

2013 Susan Embretson

2015 David Thissen

2016 Mark Reckase

2017 Linda Cook

2018 Brian E. Clauser

2019 Shelby Haberman

2020 Mark Wilson

2021 Hua Hua Chang

2022 William Stout

2023 Henry Braun

Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award

In 1995, the Department of Education at Cornell University initiated the Jason Millman Promising Scholar Program to honor the lifetime work of Dr. Jason Millman, to recognize his contributions to the field of applied measurement, and to continue Dr. Millman’s support of scholars in their formative years who are just beginning their research careers.

Since 2003, the National Council on Measurement in Education with the support of the Millman endowment has continued the tradition of this award. As in the past, it is designed to honor Dr. Millman’s work by recognizing a scholar at the early stages of his/her career whose research has the potential to make a major contribution to the applied measurement field. In addition to recognition by NCME, the successful candidate will receive $1,000. Only one candidate will be chosen to receive the award each year and will be presented the award at the annual meeting. [13]

Annual Receipients

2003 Daniel Bolt

2004 Chris Chiu

2005 Randall Penfield

2006 Sandip Sinharay

2007 Joanna Sandra Gorin

2008 Cara Cahalan Laitusis

2009 Jimmy de la Torre

2010 Andrew Dean Ho

2011 Lydia Liu

2012 Ying Cheng

2013 Kyung (Chris) Han

2014 Chun Wang

2015 Laine Bradshaw

2016 Katherine Castellano

2017 Minjeong Jeon

2018 Richard Feinberg

2019 Qiwei He

2020 Shiyu Wang

2021 Wenchao Ma

2022 Brian Leventhal

2023 Joseph A. Rios

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NCME Mission". Ncme.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  2. ↑ "National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) profile". Gale-Cengage Learning. Associations Unlimited database. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  3. ↑ "NCME Mission". Ncme.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  4. ↑ "Journal of Educational Measurement".
  5. ↑ "Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice". Ncme.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  6. ↑ "Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation".
  7. ↑ "NCME Awards".
  8. ↑ "NCME Alicia Cascallar Award".
  9. ↑ "NCME Annual Award".
  10. ↑ "NCME Dissertation Award".
  11. ↑ "NCME Contribution Award".
  12. ↑ "NCME Career Contributions Award".
  13. ↑ "NCME Promising Scholar Award".
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