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NCME Signs Scientific Integrity Letter
NCME Joins 19 Organizations Urging the Commerce Department to Restore Scientific Integrity Protections The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) has joined 19 scientific, statistical, and professional organizations in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick urging the Department to reconsider recent revisions to its Scientific Integrity Policy (Department Administrative Order 216-23)….
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NCME Endowment Matching Challenge | November: Mark Wilson
Each month through the new year, an NCME Past President is matching member donations to the NCME Endowment, dollar for dollar, up to $500. The NCME Endowment is a permanent fund supporting measurement excellence and integrity for generations to come. Each participating Past President was asked to reflect briefly on one question: “What from your…
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New EM:IP Visuals Editor Announced
Please join NCME welcoming Carl Setzer, Director of Psychometrics and Research at AICPA, as the new Visuals Editor for Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP). Carl has a strong interest in helping readers understand complex measurement concepts through clear, accurate visuals, and he’ll be working to support EM:IP’s focus on strong visual communication. Carl is invested in the continued…
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President’s Message – October 2026
Dear NCME Colleagues, I hope the new school year and the beginning of fall are off to a wonderful start for everyone. September was an especially active month for NCME, with opportunities to deepen our international engagement, advance important conversations about responsible AI, and connect with colleagues across the measurement community. I am grateful for…
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NCME Endowment Matching Challenge | October: Derek Briggs
Each month through the new year, an NCME Past President is matching member donations to the NCME Endowment, dollar for dollar, up to $500. The NCME Endowment is a permanent fund supporting measurement excellence and integrity for generations to come. Each participating Past President was asked to reflect briefly on one question: “What from your…
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Help Shape the Next Chapter of EM:IP
Call for Nominations for Editor-in-Chief For more than forty years, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) has helped connect the scholarship of educational measurement with the questions, challenges, and decisions that matter in practice. Published by NCME, EM:IP reaches a broad community—including measurement professionals in industry and academia, educators and policymakers, researchers and analysts, credentialing…
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NCME Joins Friends of IES Coalition in Comments Urging Withdrawal of Proposed EDGAR Revisions
The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) joined 33 other organizations in the Friends of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) coalition in submitting formal comments on Wednesday, September 23, in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed revisions to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (Docket ID ED-2026-OPEPD-2542). The signatories include…
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National Assessment Governing Board Seeks Board Nominations
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is seeking qualified individuals to serve as Board members to govern the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). On NAGB, three specific seats are dedicated to Testing and Measurement Experts. Two seats will open this year. Board members serve a four-year term and may be reappointed for a second…
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President’s Message – September 2026
Dear NCME Colleagues, I hope that all of you have been able to take some time this summer for rest, renewal, and connection with family, friends, and colleagues. As we move toward the fall, I am grateful for the many ways our NCME community continues to come together to advance educational measurement in service of…
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NCME Endowment Matching Challenge | September: Andrew Ho
Each month through the new year, an NCME Past President is matching member donations to the NCME Endowment, dollar for dollar, up to $500. The NCME Endowment is a permanent fund supporting measurement excellence and integrity for generations to come. Each participating Past President was asked to reflect briefly on one question: “What from your…
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President’s Message – August 2026
Dear NCME Colleagues, I hope you are enjoying the final weeks of summer. I want to begin by thanking the many NCME members who expressed interest in volunteering for the new NCME International Issues Committee and the Presidential Task Force on Responsible AI. The response was encouraging and reflects the depth of expertise, generosity, and…
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NCME Opens Board of Directors Nomination Period for 2026 Election
This year’s Nominating Committee (Amy Hendrickson, Ye Tong, and Debbie Durrence) requests the nominations of fellow NCME members to set the election slate for three-year terms for the NCME Board of Directors. We request your input on candidates for three board roles as specified in our NCME Bylaws: We will consider all nominations submitted by…
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NCME Diversity Issues in Testing Scholarship Awards for the Classroom Assessment Conference
The NCME Committee on Diversity Issues in Testing (CODIT) is pleased to announce the 2026 Diversity Issues in Testing Scholarship Awards for NCME’s Classroom Assessment Conference, which will be held November 12–14 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Through the generous support of the Spencer Foundation, CODIT will recognize scholars whose work advances diversity, equity, inclusion, and fairness in…
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Call for Applications: EM:IP Visuals Editor
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) is seeking a colleague to serve as visuals editor for a two-year term. The primary responsibility of the visuals editor is leading the journal’s annual Cover Graphic/Data Visualization Competition. Apply by Monday, August 17, 2026. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how the field communicates complex measurement ideas through compelling, accessible visuals—and to help guide the…
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NCME, Others Urge OMB to Withdraw Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance
NCME, together with 19 other scholarly and professional societies representing more than 85,000 individual members, today filed a formal comment urging the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withdraw its proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance”, calling it “unlawful, unworkable, and would cause serious and in many cases irreversible harm to American…
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President’s Message – July 2026
Dear NCME Colleagues, I hope this message finds you well and that the summer months are offering each of you some time for rest, renewal, and connection with family, friends, and colleagues. I am writing from New Zealand, where we have just completed a very successful International Test Commission conference on the theme “Testing for…
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President’s Message – June 2026
Dear NCME Colleagues, As we move into summer, I want to share a few highlights from our May Board meeting and some of the work now underway to advance NCME’s mission. Our discussion centered on how NCME can continue to provide leadership for the field at a time of rapid technological change, evolving professional needs,…
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Call for NCME Volunteers for Two Presidential Initiatives
NCME invites volunteers to serve on two new presidential initiatives for 2026–2027: the Presidential Task Force on Validity, Fairness, and Quality in AI-Integrated Assessment and the NCME International Issues Committee. These initiatives reflect President Kadriye Ercikan’s priorities to advance validity, fairness, and quality in AI-integrated assessment; and expand NCME’s engagement with international measurement communities. Presidential…
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NCME Signs Two Letter Supporting IES Funding, SBE
This week, NCME signed two letters send to the Capitol to support funding initiatives. The first, signed along with 96 other organizations, calls for the full apportion of FY25 Institute of Education Sciences funding before it lapses on September 30, 2026. Funding was initially provided to IES but approximately $289 million has yet to be apportioned…
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President’s Message – May 2026
Dear NCME Colleagues, I am deeply honored to serve NCME as its President for 2026–27—an organization that has played a critical role in my career—and I appreciate this opportunity to share my initial thinking about priorities for my presidency. Educational measurement stands at an inflection point. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how assessments are designed, delivered,…
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Assessment Literacy Task Force
As shared during her Presidential Update at the NCME Annual Meeting Business Meeting, Past President Amy Hendrickson is launching a Task Force on Assessment Literacy to take a more strategic and coordinated approach to NCME’s role in this space. The need is clear: Assessment literacy is gaining attention across education, policy, and the public—but the…
