Welcome NCME Graduate Students!
We hope this message finds you well. The purposes of this page are to share with you the goals of the NCME Graduate Students Issues Committee (GSIC) and to introduce the members of the committee. This webpage is meant to provide a central location to general information that might be of interest to graduate students within the NCME community. The webpage aims to increase the profile of the graduate students within NCME by promoting events that highlight graduate student work at the annual conference. And as the webpage continues to develop, we hope to increase the opportunity for dialogue among the committee, graduate students, and the general educational measurement community.
Who is on the Committee?
The committee is composed of six graduate students serving overlapping two-year terms, faculty advisors, and an NCME board member. You can meet the members of the committee and learn a little bit about each of them here.
What Does the Committee Do?
The group works closely with the NCME programming chairs and the President of NCME on issues related to graduate student events. The GSIC collaborates and works hard to plan for the annual event, as well as constantly seeks ways to improve its service to the graduate students. Among other tasks, the GSIC has been traditionally in charge of planning two main events at the annual conference: the Graduate Symposium and the Graduate Student Poster session.
The symposium theme for the 2010 annual conference in Denver, CO is The Influence and Impact of Technology on Educational Measurement. Our panel of experts include: Dr. Lisa Harris, Winthrop University, Dr. Richard Luecht, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Dr. Kathleen Scalise, University of Oregon, and Dr. Marty McCall, Northwest Evaluation Association. Our moderator is Kimberly Swygert, National Board of Medical Examiners. Click here for more information on this year's participants.
The 2010 Graduate Student Poster Session will showcase a number of high quality posters which present studies related to a number of relevant issues, including growth modeling, test linking and equating, generalizability theory, test validity and DIF analyses to name a few. Click here for more information on the annual poster session including this year's participants and the call for proposals.
How can you get involved?
The success of our graduate student events rely on the participation of our graduate student community. One way to participate is to attend graduate student events at the annual meeting. Go out and support your fellow graduate student peers!
Another way to participate is to become a member of the GSIC. If you are interested in joining the GSIC as a committee member, the call for new members is made by February of each year. Prospective applicants are required to submit a short letter of interest to the Chair, outlining the reasons for wanting to become a member of the GSIC.
We also look for graduate student volunteers to assist with reviewing proposals for our annual Graduate Student Poster Session. The call for graduate student reviewers is made in August-September of each year.
Other volunteer opportunities are available to graduate students on other NCME committees. If you are interested in serving as a graduate student representative on one of these committees, please contact the current Chair.
As our graduate community grows, our needs and interests change and we hope to reflect it on our page as well. We hope to update the site on quarterly bases, if not more frequently. Therefore, your suggestions and feedback are important and greatly appreciated. Please share with us your input on topics you wish to see on this site. To reach us, just drop us an email at NCMEgrads@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Your Graduate Students Issues Committee (GSIC)
Mary Roduta Roberts, Chair