NCME Newsletter

At this time of year, many of us send and receive holiday cards.  These cards (be they paper-based or computer-based!) often have updates on how lives were lived over the past year.  In sending and reading these cards, we underscore the value of communication in maintaining and growing our relationships with the people we love or hold in high regard.  With this value in mind, in this column I provide several updates of NCME
activities,  including the community-building that is occurring both within and outside of NCME.

Read about presidential internal and external efforts to build community and improve collaboration, and to learn how we can celebrate our community, read the full Communities and Communication address here.

From the Editor
Megan Welsh, University of California, Davis

Welcome to the December 2019 issue. In it, we learn about efforts to strengthen the NCME community from our president, Steve Sireci and about the importance of community among graduate students from grad student corner contributor, Erin Winters. Don't miss the video Spotlight interview with André Rupp, an NCME community member who has devoted tremendously to our community by revisioning our approach to the ITEMS modules. We also celebrate the accomplishments of our members by announcing NCME award members and look to the future by sharing information on NCME elections and asking for feedback on how to improve the newsletter. Happy holidays!

Graduate Student Corner:  Building a Graduate Student Community
Erin Winters, University of California, Davis

Hello everyone!  Congratulations on navigating the fall term!  I’ve always found fall quarter to be an interesting term where everyone is super jazzed to be back, but working out all the kinks they developed over summer. More importantly, I love fall quarter because it’s when I get to re-connect with all of the people that were busy over the summer. My friends and colleagues all went to different corners of the world (and campus!) over the summer experiencing new things, and fall is when we come together and share what we’ve learned and done. This brings me to what I really wanted to talk about today: building a varied community in measurement. Read more here. 

In this Issue

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Spotlight on the People Who Make Our Organization Great
André Rupp, Educational Testing Service

This issue's spotlight focuses on André Rupp, Research Director at the Educational Testing Service and editor of the Instructional Topics in Educational Measurement Series (ITEMS). The ITEMS portal has added several new instructional modules which can be found here. 

Click on the image below to watch André discuss how his career has evolved, hear tips for graduate students about how to approach a career in measurement, and to learn about his hobbies.

You can also watch videos on individual topics by reviewing videos question by question on the right

Full Introduction

Tell me about your research

Tell me about your teaching 

Tell me about ITEMS

Career advice

What would you do if you weren't a measurement expert?

What do you do for fun?

In Other News

Updates 

Lots has been happening behind the scenes at NCME. Please see the links below for details:

• Annual Meeting Program Chairs' Update
• Training and Professional Development Committee Update
• Graduate Student Issues Committee Update
• Mission Fund Committee Update
• Diversity Issues in Testing Committee Update
• Digital Presence and Social Media Committee Update: Social Media Ambassadors

Upcoming Opportunities 

• Chan Zuckerberg Fellowships for Underrepresented Professionals: Apply Now
• Travel Funding for Grad Students from Underrepresented Groups: Apply by February 1
• EM:IP Cover Graphic/Data Visualization Competition: Apply by February 7th
• Fitness Run/Walk Design the Shirt Contest: Apply by January 17th
• IOMW 2020 Conference: Apply by January 7th
• FREMO Conference: Apply by February 2nd
• ATP Graduate Student Research Award: Apply by January 10th

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