Want to help build a more inclusive and representative measurement community? Want to assist in choosing award and funding recipients? Have insight to contribute to the knowledge base of the Association? 👉 Complete the volunteer interest form: buff.ly/pGhKEA4

American Osteopathic Association seeks a Summer Research Intern: More: buff.ly/ub7ev1T

This session focuses on communicating classroom assessment in district, state, and federal policy. 🗓️ February 12, Noon Eastern 👉 buff.ly/4vZylmA

This panel webinar brings together assessment experts and state leaders to discuss the future of K12 state summative assessments. 📅 January 29, 2026 | Noon–1:30 p.m. Eastern ℹ️ Info: buff.ly/RKUn91m

NCME President Amy Hendrickson is hosting a Making Our Way to LA Regional Meet-Up in Iowa City on February 19! 👉 buff.ly/ppNnIcg

Attention! The Mission Fund Call for Programs closes soon! For the current cycle, the Mission Fund is offering grants for initiatives focusing on advancing research and practice in educational assessment. The deadline to submit is January 31. 👉 More:

Join the LSA SIGIMIE on February 18 for the “Latest from the Nation’s Report Card: Tools, Tips, and Tricks,” presented by Dr. Enis Dogan. 📅 February 18, 2026 | 4–5 p.m. Eastern ℹ️ Info: buff.ly/NiMxqS6

Aligning AI with Assessment Standards: A Case Study of Evaluating AI-Generated Reading Passages for NAEP presented by the Large-Scale Assessment SIGIMIE 📅 January 23, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/JSfhZXy

Aligning AI with Assessment Standards: A Case Study of Evaluating AI-Generated Reading Passages for NAEP presented by the Large-Scale Assessment SIGIMIE 📅 January 23, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/JSfhZXy

In a recent article in JEM, Hamilton and Tawn show that the most commonly used penalty in Comparative Judgment is not the best-performing penalty under adaptive scheduling and propose a novel parametric bootstrap method. Learn more: buff.ly/i2oVQAB #NCMEResearch

This is one part of a three-part series from the Classroom Assessment Committee. This session focuses on communicating classroom assessment with students, families, and colleagues. 🗓️ January 19, Noon Eastern 👉 buff.ly/1z6Dl2c

NCME is excited to announce that the fifth edition of Educational Measurement was published in December 2025! 👉 buff.ly/8BsoOHM

In a recent article in JEM, Kim and Lee propose a novel approach for adjusting AIG template item parameters to enhance ability estimation accuracy in the context of multistage testing. Learn more: buff.ly/YWwPVIa #NCMEResearch

New Internship Posting: Psychometrician & Researcher Intern at Pearson. 👉 buff.ly/eKwLIEl

NCME President Amy Hendrickson is hosting a Making Our Way to LA Regional Meet-Up in Iowa City on February 19! 👉 buff.ly/ppNnIcg

Attention! The Mission Fund Call for Programs is now open! For the current cycle, the Mission Fund is offering grants for initiatives focusing on advancing research and practice in educational assessment. The deadline to submit is January 31. 👉 More: buff.ly/4YfUJEC

🚨 It's time! Registration is now open for the NCME 2026 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 8–11! 👉 buff.ly/1fXODSG

What's new with NCME? Check out the NCME President's Message from Amy Hendrickson and dive into all that's happening at NCME! 📖 Read now: buff.ly/h0B0Rxr

Pre-trained language models (LMs) provide new opportunities for modeling and predicting the psychometric properties of assessment items. 📅 January 14, 4–5 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/pcTj3Ii

This is one part of a three-part series from the Classroom Assessment Committee. This session focuses on communicating classroom assessment with students, families, and colleagues. 🗓️ January 19, Noon Eastern 👉 buff.ly/1z6Dl2c

The Educators of Measurement SIGIMIE is hosting a coffee hour to discuss how faculty in measurement programs are using AI in the classroom. 📅 January 14, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/B64xmP0

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) is hiring a Manager – Psychometrics. More: buff.ly/ydNL6yf

NCME seeks nominees for the role of Editor, NCME Applications of Educational Measurement and Assessment Book Series, who will work with an Editorial Board, and will lead this initiative from April 2026 through April 2030 (4-year term). Applications are due by January 10, 2026. 👉 buff.ly/s1efIbq

In a recent article in JEM, Ding et al. propose a group fit statistic by extending the lz statistic to a multilevel item response model. Learn more: buff.ly/VHXd5pn #NCMEResearch

Pre-trained language models (LMs) provide new opportunities for modeling and predicting the psychometric properties of assessment items. 📅 January 14, 4–5 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/pcTj3Ii

Attention! The Mission Fund Call for Programs is now open! For the current cycle, the Mission Fund is offering grants for initiatives focusing on advancing research and practice in educational assessment. The deadline to submit is January 31. 👉 More: buff.ly/4YfUJEC

In a recent article in JEM, Gergely and Bolsinova show that by augmenting the Urnings algorithm with response times, a reliable ability measure and better ability tracking can be obtained by administering fewer items. Learn more: buff.ly/QZVdeAc #NCMEResearch

The kick-off meeting for the new NCME SIGIMIE—Inclusive Measurement for Historically Marginalized Groups—will launch a year of collaboration and action. 📅 January 9, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/Ihvc1ld

The NCME Annual Awards and Recognition Program provides an opportunity to recognize the good work and ideas contributed by a variety of individuals within our organization. 👉 Submit nominations by January 9: buff.ly/hKqHnRf

In a recent article in JEM, Sarac and Wollack propose a novel mitigation strategy that routes flagged examinees to secure content to reduce the effects of preknowledge. Learn more: buff.ly/63wTE3d #NCMEResearch

In a recent article in EM:IP, Piao et al. detect aberrant test-taking behaviors in computer-based testing using one-dimensional convolutional neural networks. Learn more: buff.ly/L8QZoGL #NCMEResearch

The Center for Assessment posted the Scott Marion Summer Internship Program. More: buff.ly/5ksmiGZ

Curriculum Associates posted Psychometric and Research Intern. More: buff.ly/0jRaGJa

National Council of State Boards of Nursing posted the Exams Internship – Psychometric and Computer Science. More: buff.ly/5IqkMLk

NBME posted the Measurement and Data Science Internship. More: buff.ly/bHMDlhH

Aligning AI with Assessment Standards: A Case Study of Evaluating AI-Generated Reading Passages for NAEP presented by the Large-Scale Assessment SIGIMIE 📅 January 23, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/JSfhZXy

In a recent article in JEM, Zhao et al. explore the influence of response time allocation on item revisiting in cognitive diagnostic assessments. Learn more: buff.ly/YFhcKRk #NCMEResearch

NCME seeks nominees for the role of Editor, NCME Applications of Educational Measurement and Assessment Book Series, who will work with an Editorial Board, and will lead this initiative from April 2026 through April 2030 (4-year term). Applications are due by January 10, 2026. 👉 buff.ly/s1efIbq

ABIM posted the Psychometric Internship Program. More: buff.ly/JDftm6o

NCME is pleased to announce that NCME members may now access the journal Educational Assessment for free through the NCME website, marking the formalization of an agreement between NCME and Taylor & Francis to promote high quality research on classroom assessment. 👉 buff.ly/LT1qpb8

In a recent article in EM:IP, Sinharay et al. investigate the impact of adapting NAEP Grade 8 mathematics items on student performance and on student behavior during testing. Learn more: buff.ly/y1IRdZI #NCMEResearch

The kick-off meeting for the new NCME SIGIMIE—Inclusive Measurement for Historically Marginalized Groups—will launch a year of collaboration and action. 📅 January 9, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/Ihvc1ld

The Human Resources Research Organization posted an Internship in Educational Measurement. More: buff.ly/iMZpbaD

This panel webinar brings together assessment experts and state leaders to discuss the future of K12 state summative assessments. 📅 January 29, 2026 | Noon–1:30 p.m. Eastern ℹ️ Info: buff.ly/RKUn91m

In a recent article in JEM, Fang et al. explore the use of GPT-4 to augment imbalanced data for automatic scoring. Learn more: buff.ly/0I4IC5f #NCMEResearch

The NCME Annual Awards and Recognition Program provides an opportunity to recognize the good work and ideas contributed by a variety of individuals within our organization. 👉 Submit nominations by January 9: buff.ly/hKqHnRf

Attention! The Mission Fund Call for Programs is now open! For the current cycle, the Mission Fund is offering grants for initiatives focusing on advancing research and practice in educational assessment. The deadline to submit is January 31. 👉 More:

We are excited to announce a new SIGIMIE—Inclusive Measurement for Historically Marginalized Groups—dedicated to supporting historically marginalized learner populations and examining the measurement practices that shape their educational experiences. 👉 Learn more and join: buff.ly/wdtCihA

The Educators of Measurement SIGIMIE is hosting a coffee hour to discuss how faculty in measurement programs are using AI in the classroom. 📅 January 14, 3–4 p.m. Eastern 👉 buff.ly/B64xmP0

The focus of the Assessment and Measurement to Support Classroom Learning SIGIMIE, a newly approved group, is on how classroom assessment and educational measurement interact to promote student learning. All interested NCME members to consider joining this SIGIMIE online: buff.ly/dtCNnMf