National Council on Measurement in Education

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.

Call for Nominations

To be eligible for the 2012 Jason Millman Award an applicant must have received his/her first doctoral degree after April 1, 2007.  If confirmation is required, the review committee will use the date printed on the nominee’s diploma. The nominee must also have two or more unique papers either accepted for presentation at an NCME annual meeting or published in NCME publications within the last five years; and have the support of his/her professional colleagues indicating that his/her work represents a significant contribution to the field of applied measurement.

For full consideration, the nomination (application) package must include:

• a letter of nomination from a professional colleague who is an NCME member in good standing
• at least two and at most three additional letters of recommendation from persons other than the nominator that address (i) the candidate’s contributions to the field of measurement as a teacher, and/or as an applied measurement practitioner, and/or as a measurement researcher; and (ii) the reasons that the candidate’s work represents a significant contribution to the field of applied measurement
• at least two and at most three unique papers presented at any of the last five NCME annual meetings or published in the last five years in an NCME publication; please note the following:
• NCME annual meeting papers may be in a revised format
• non-published or published dissertations do not qualify as papers, although papers developed on the same or similar topics may qualify
• candidate must be the first author on all multiple-author papers; in this case, the candidate must provide a statement that defines his/her contributions to the paper
• the candidate’s current curriculum vita
• a letter from the candidate outlining his/her career goals and how his/her work contributes significantly to the field of measurement

The nominator and the nominee agree that this work will not be nominated for a similar award in AERA and that the nominee will not be nominated for additional NCME awards that will be given during the 2012 Annual Meeting.

Submit electronic files or one set of hard copies of all materials by November 14, 2011 to: