It is with profound sadness and grief that I share the news that Matthew Gaertner passed away last week. Words which have often served as my allies are failing me as I attempt to process the shock of this news. Matt was one of those people that fills the room with his energy and enthusiasm….
It is with profound sadness that I share with you the news of Rose McCallin’s passing on November 12, 2020. ose was a long-time NCME member, served on various NCME committees, and most recently, Rose was an NCME Board of Director from 2017 – 2020. I had the pleasure of serving on the Board with her and…
Fall is here now, a fall that will be unique in so many ways. I hope you all are staying healthy and that if you have school-age children like me, the kids are staying productive and adapting to school’s new normal. NCME 2020 Virtual Conference NCME held our historic virtual conference from June through September….
I have been an NCME member since 2000, when I started graduate school at Iowa. NCME been an intellectual home to me through the years, and I am so overwhelmingly excited and honored to get to serve NCME as its President for 2020 – 2021. Of course, when I said I would run for NCME…
At the time of this writing (April 6, 2020), I have only two weeks left as President of NCME. I have greatly enjoyed the honor of serving as your President, and it is somewhat sad to have my term come to an end. I am thankful my transition to Past-President is concomitant with Dr. Ye Tong’s…
Dear colleagues: Two big NCME events are coming up soon—the February Policy Seminar and of course, the Annual Meeting! I’m including information on both of these, followed by some general news items. Registration is now open for the NCME Annual Meeting April 4-8, 2019 in Toronto: Communicating with the Public about Educational Measurement Program Chairs Krista Mattern and…
When most people think of “20/20 vision” clear eyesight comes to mind. The specific definition from the American Optometric Association is “normal visual acuity (the clarity or sharpness of vision) measured at a distance of 20 feet.[1]” Their description goes on to explain, “If you have 20/20 vision, you can see clearly at 20 feet…
Dear colleagues: I’ll mention a couple of pieces of news before moving on to everyone’s main focus right now—the annual meeting! Policy seminar: We held the second successful NCME policy seminar on February 13 in Washington DC. The seminar was cosponsored with the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University. (Special thanks…
Wilson, M. (2017, March). NCME Newsletter, 25(1), 2. In the previous three president’s messages, I have (a) made a case for the importance of classroom assessment as a site for educational measurement research and development and as a principal context in which educational measurement can be a positive influence for educational success, (b) delineated two…
Wilson, M. (2016, December). NCME Newsletter, 24(4), 1-4. In the previous two president’s messages, I have (a) made a case for the importance of classroom assessment as a site for educational measurement research and development and as a principal context in which educational measurement can be a positive influence for educational success, and (b) delineated…