We are pleased to announce that the submissions portal for the 2025 AIME-Con is open! AIME-Con is a new, NCME-sponsored conference that will take place in Pittsburgh, PA October 27-29, 2025. The conference theme is “Innovation and Evidence: Shaping the Future of AI in Educational Measurement” and will feature keynote speakers: Key Details: We welcome…
Dear NCME Colleagues: “The National Council on Measurement in Education is a community of measurement scientists and practitioners who work together to advance theory and applications of educational measurement to benefit society.” This mission statement continues to ground our work and purpose. In a time when educational measurement practices, data, and the very foundation of…
Even as we meet here in Denver to celebrate measurement scholarship and practice, we know that many of our members have faced serious challenges to their research and livelihood due to recent funding and staffing terminations at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This has included termination…
Dear NCME Colleagues: In volatile and difficult times, we on the board of NCME continue to be heartened by our community’s resounding support of its members and the NCME Mission. This extraordinary response has enabled us to broaden our support of member attendance to our upcoming annual meeting in Denver later this month and beyond. Last month, our…
The generous contributions from our Board of Directors have been supplemented by a grant from the Spencer Foundation and a donation from NBME, thus allowing us to provide more financial support for individuals impacted by cuts to federal support for education research. If you are participating in the program, have had your travel support reduced…
Dear NCME Colleagues: Although this month remains in my presidency, this is my last News@NCME update as president. It has now been almost a year since I established the themes that have guided my term: Continuity, Unity, and Service. I am proud to have upheld these themes, and I am prouder still to have seen all…
Dear fellow NCME members, A strong professional community supports its members in difficult times. Recent cuts by the U.S. executive branch to funding and positions in measurement in education are having a direct and widespread negative impact on our community members and our mission to advance theory and applications of educational measurement to benefit society. Last…
We are thrilled to announce an NCME Special Conference called the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con). It will be held in-person in Pittsburgh, PA on October 27-29, 2025, at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown. The theme is “Innovation and Evidence: Shaping the Future of AI in Educational Measurement”. This conference aims to gather an interdisciplinary…
Dear NCME Colleagues, Like many of you watching executive activity in and around federal data institutions in the United States, we in NCME leadership have been alarmed by rapid and reckless changes and their effects on our many members who work for and with federal institutions. These changes threaten the NCME mission: to improve measurement scholarship…
Join an NCME Committee and Shape the Future of Educational Measurement! It’s that time of year again to re-organize and re-energize our NCME committees! We have 12 topical committees, 2 program committees, 6 award committees that play are very active and play a crucial role in our community’s success. NCME committees involve various NCME programs…