The Alicia Cascallar Award for an Outstanding Paper by an Early Career Scholar was established to honor Alicia's professional commitment and accomplishments. This year's winner is Dr. Ye Ma for her paper “Analyzing Examinee Comments using DistilBERT and Machine Learning to Ensure Quality Control in Exam Content”.
The NCME Annual Award for Exceptional Achievement in Educational Measurement recognizes exceptional achievement in multiple categories during the previous three years, including an outstanding technical or scientific contribution, or in recognition of exceptional service. This year’s winner is Dr. Christina Cipriano for her innovative and groundbreaking work in applied educational measurement called Project Flourish promoting racial equity and social justice.
The Bradley Hanson Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement honors Bradley's contributions to the field and further advances the goals embodied in his work. This year’s winners are Dr. Chun Wang and Dr. David Weiss for the project “Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing and Adaptive Measurement Change".
The Brenda H. Loyd Outstanding Dissertation Award honors an outstanding dissertation in the field of educational measurement. This year’s winners are Dr. Victoria Song and Dr. Matthew Naveiras. Dr. Song’s dissertation has been recognized for its innovative approach to addressing the diversity-validity dilemma in high-stakes selection. Dr. Naveiras’s dissertation advances the field of educational measurement by developing novel methods for analyzing process data and eye-tracking data in large-scale assessments.
The Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award, with the support of the Millman endowment, honors Dr. Millman’s work by recognizing a scholar at the early stages of his/her career. This year’s winner is Dr. Kylie Gorney in recognition of her exceptional contributions to applied measurement.
The NCME Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement honors a person whose contributions over a career have had a widespread positive impact on the field. This year’s winner is Dr. Sandip Sinharay in recognition of his remarkable contributions to educational measurement through prolific research, dedicated service, and influential mentorship.