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 commitment across our community. These initiatives are possible because members are willing to contribute their time, perspectives, and leadership to work that is central to NCME’s mission and future.

The NCME International Issues Committee has now been created and has begun its work and planning for the year. The committee’s charge is to strengthen NCME’s engagement with the international measurement community, broaden participation among scholars, practitioners, and students working across diverse global contexts, and identify opportunities for mutual learning and sustained partnership. Its initial priorities include developing an NCME 2027 session on international issues, organizing a webinar on international perspectives on the revised Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, expanding partnerships with organizations such as ITC, IAEA, IMPS, CIES, EAM, and related groups, updating resources on global measurement programs and course-sharing opportunities, and strengthening access to international engagement for students, scholars, and professionals. The committee will also develop a dissemination plan so that members can learn about opportunities, resources, partnerships, and progress as this work unfolds.

The Presidential Task Force on Responsible AI has also been created and has started planning its work for the year. This task force will help NCME provide principled leadership on validity, fairness, transparency, quality, accountability, and appropriate use in AI-integrated assessment. Early discussions have focused on organizing the work into concrete activity areas, including identifying priority issues, developing webinars and training opportunities, supporting measurement professionals in engaging with AI and data science, helping AI and data science professionals understand measurement principles, planning conference sessions and threads for NCME 2027 and AIME-Con, developing practitioner-facing guidance such as briefs, checklists, exemplars, and discussion papers, and building cross-disciplinary connections with AI, data science, technology, policy, and assessment communities. Your input on identifying priority areas is critical for us making sure we identify focus areas that meet our members’ needs. Look out for a survey that will come your way in the coming days. The task force will coordinate closely with related NCME groups, including AIME SIGIMIE, to avoid duplication and amplify NCME’s leadership in this important area.

I am also pleased to remind members that NCME will host a member and partner meet-up in Washington, DC, on August 19. I hope that members in the Washington, DC area, and those who may be visiting, will be able to join us. You can RSVP at this link. These informal gatherings are an important way to strengthen professional connections, welcome new colleagues, and create opportunities for conversation across institutions, sectors, and career stages.

The NCME Board will meet on August 20 in Washington, D.C. The summer board meeting is focused on strategy, early progress on annual priorities, committee and SIGIMIE coordination, financial stewardship, and governance matters.

Across these agenda items, a common theme is how NCME can continue to serve as a rigorous, inclusive, and outward-facing professional home for measurement scientists and practitioners. Whether through responsible AI, international engagement, assessment literacy, standards revision, professional development, or public-facing guidance, our work depends on thoughtful coordination across committees, SIGIMIEs, task forces, Board members, and the broader membership.

Thank you again to everyone who volunteered, expressed interest, or offered suggestions for these initiatives. I look forward to keeping you informed as the International Issues Committee and Responsible AI Task Force move from planning to action, and I hope to see many of you in Washington, D.C., on August 19.

Warm regards,
Kadriye