Membership
Join the community shaping the future of educational measurement.
NCME brings together researchers, psychometricians, test developers, policymakers, educators, and students who share a commitment to fair, valid, and meaningful assessment. As a member, you’ll connect with leading colleagues, grow your expertise, and help drive innovation across the field.
What You Gain as an NCME Member
Premier measurement journals
Stay at the forefront of the field with access to the Journal of Educational Measurement, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Educational Assessment, and the Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation.
Service and leadership opportunities
Put your expertise to work. Serve on committees, contribute to NCME initiatives, and step into leadership roles that shape the direction of the profession.
Free in-person networking events
Meet collaborators, mentors, and friends at free member meetups, held in person at least twice a year in locations that change from year to year.
Topic-based community groups
Find your people. Join up to 10 active community groups organized around shared interests in measurement research and practice.
Awards and research grants
Get recognized and funded. Members are eligible for NCME awards and research grants that honor excellence and support new ideas.
Reduced conference rates
Save on registration at every NCME conference, including the Annual Meeting, AIME-Con, and the Classroom Assessment Conference.
Discounted professional training
Keep sharpening your skills with reduced rates on in-person and virtual training led by experts in the field.
Need-based travel grants
Cost shouldn’t keep you out of the conversation. Members can apply for need-based grants that help cover travel to NCME events.
About NCME Members
NCME’s approximately 1,600 members work across every part of educational measurement: university faculty and graduate students, test developers and psychometricians, state and federal assessment leaders, evaluators, and licensure and certification professionals.
What unites us is a shared commitment to assessment that is fair, valid, and useful for every learner, and to measurement that serves the communities it touches.
Membership Categories & Fees
Regular members
Any person actively engaged in the field of educational or psychological measurement, who desires to promote the purpose of the Council, and who pays dues as prescribed in the NCME Bylaws. An active member shall be entitled to vote and hold elective office.
Options are available for 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-year memberships. Membership for NCME is good from the date of purchase through December 31 of the current year (or expiring year if purchasing a multi-year option) and is not prorated.
Fee: $180/year
Student members
Any student interested in the field of educational and psychological measurement. Students should be interested in promoting the NCME Mission, and should not be employed full-time. Student members do not have the right to vote or hold elective office. Student members may participate on NCME committees, present at annual meetings, and participate in other NCME events. Membership for NCME is good from the date of purchase through December 31 of the current year and is not prorated.
NCME offers complimentary first year membership to students new to NCME. To be eligible for this complimentary membership, you must be a student who is new to NCME and who has never received the complimentary student membership deal previously. If you are not new to NCME, please simply renew or rejoin.
Fee: Student membership is free for one year, then $25/year.
Emeritus members
Any person who has been a member of NCME for at least 10 years, is at least 60 years of age, and is no longer employed on a full-time basis. Membership for NCME is good from the date of purchase through December 31 of the current year and is not prorated.
Fee: $75/year
Ready to Join?
Become part of the community advancing measurement research, practice, and policy. Students new to NCME, your first year is free.