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NCME needs your help to celebrate its 75th Birthday in 2013
NCME will be 75 yrs old in 2013 and we would like to begin planning for the event in the next year. We need your help. First, we are looking for any photographs of past NCME Annual Meetings, past presidents, and other historical events in educational measurement that can be used as part of a convention display. If you have photos or other documents (historical books, articles, etc.) that you believe would add to this display we are hoping you could make high resolution color copies and share them with NCME. If you have any such materials and are willing to share them with NCME please forward them to our executive officer Plumer Lovelace at plovelace@ncme.org
Second, we are hoping to appoint a small working group that would be responsible for planning a celebration at our 2013 meeting. We would like to develop a display that will illustrate our timeline and significant events (e.g., first issue of the Testing Standards, elected officers, first issue of our journals), plan a celebration, and even consider programming and other activities that would celebrate our professional organization. If you are interested in serving on a 75th anniversary planning group or have other ideas please contact Wayne Camara wcamara@collegeboard.org.
The Council was originally established in 1938 as the National Association of Teachers of Educational Measurements. In 1942, the name of the Association was changed to National Council on Measurements Used in Education, and its name was changed again in 1961 to National Council on Measurement in Education.