NCME members, the #AERA25 deadline is Friday. I encourage you to submit something complementary to our sibling research organization, with whom we are collaborating closely to revise the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. AERA NCME Janelle Scott

The #AERA25 deadline is now next Friday, August 2: aera.net/2025Submissions (NCME colleagues, we do not anticipate extending our deadline of Friday, September 13: higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NCME/4b7590fc-… )

Do teachers know how their students fare in tests? This is the question Sharnic Djaker Shwetlena Sabarwal and I explored in 2 studies in India + Bangladesh, now *forthcoming* in Economics of Education Review! 🥳 Ungated version: bit.ly/4dihSza

Graduate students in measurement in education, we're hosting a webinar to encourage your proposals and field any questions you have about the NCME proposal process. #NCME25 Webinar (Thursday, 8/8, 1pmET): jmu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Proposals (due 9/13): ncme.org/event/annual-m…

New paper that provides the opposing viewpoint to the recent Psychometrika paper on sum scoring as the field's greatest accomplishment Non-paywalled: researchgate.net/publication/38… Publisher Version: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

“You cannot fix what you cannot measure.” Governor Maura Healey addresses the NAEP, The Nation's Report Card The Governing Board here in Boston. Three NCME members serve in the role of NAGB Testing & Measurement Experts: Suzanne Lane, Scott Marion, and Willy Solano-Flores. All are here for the meeting.

My August Update NCME: Our upcoming Classroom Assessment Conference (9/19-20), shout-outs to excellent sibling conferences (CCSSO, International Test Commission Conference Granada, & Psychometric Society), and ongoing efforts to be of service to NCME, the US, and the world.

Really exciting new report, out today from CESR and USC Rossier, with Amie Rapaport, Anna Rosefsky Saavedra, and Dan Silver. We're focusing on the UnderstandingAmerica data we have on children's mental health and its relationship with school outcomes. (PDF: cesr.usc.edu/documents/A_Na…) A thread:

"Early bird" registration ends today for the NCME Special Conference on Classroom Assessment (Chicago, 9/19-20). I've scheduled our board meeting to coincide and look forward to attending! (Note: Full-time K-12 teachers can register at the member rate!) ncme.org/event/classroo…

An historic moment: The first meeting of the "Joint Committee" tasked with revising the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. These are consensus standards for NCME, AERA, and American Psychological Association. The last revision was published in 2014: testingstandards.net/uploads/7/6/6/…

Measurement Malpractice: Linda Jacobson reports how Oklahoma lowered standards but still reported trends, leading to nonsensical gains. (Researchers, think effect sizes approx. +.11 to +.63). Lesson: OK, be like other states and listen to your TAC (many NCME members serve on TACs).

Charlie always helps me to appreciate the complex dynamics in and around state testing. Here’s his take on the Oklahoma score trends. I also like his reminder that I and NCME are hard to separate this year. So I’d like to coauthor an NCME position paper with him on Taylor Swift.

I am reviewing our list of potential proposal reviewers for #NCME25. What a list! I am overwhelmed by the amount and breadth of expertise in NCME and the spirit of service of the volunteers. Thank you. If you'd like to volunteer, you can do so here: xcdsystem.com/ncme/member/me…

Just highlighted these two papers in my course preview today as examples of methodological approaches that students in my #s52stats class can expect to learn. Thanks, Dan Goldhaber, Melissa Arnold Lyon (Mimi), Matthew A. Kraft, Matthew Steinberg, et al! x.com/CEDR_US/status… x.com/MimiArnoldLyon…

Oklahoma was once among the leaders of the pack in benchmarking proficiency to the higher standard of NAEP. Those days are gone. In my latest for #Testing123blog, I examine the state’s fictional test score gains. assessmenthq.org/2024/08/28/okl… #oklaed #AssessmentHQ

NCME has been proud to participate in the nomination of Testing and Measurement Experts to the National Assessment Governing Board (The Governing Board) that sets policy for NAEP, The Nation's Report Card. NCME members, let us know your interest in this vital role leading the national treasure that is NAEP

As semesters begin, measurement faculty and students ask: What competencies are foundational? What must we learn to keep learning? This is worthy of debate! We take this on in our NCME Task Force rejoinder, discussing 8 great commentaries (preprint): dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37379…