The Bradley Hanson Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement has been established to honor Bradley Hanson's contributions to the field of educational measurement and to further advance the goals embodied in his work. Applicants must describe a recently completed research project or propose a new research project that promises to make a substantive contribution to the field of educational measurement or the development, instruction or mentoring of new professionals in the field. A typical time frame for the expected completion of a proposed project is one to two years.
The recipient will be awarded $1,250 and a commemorative plaque from NCME, which will be presented at the NCME Annual Meeting. For additional information on Bradley Hanson and his body of work, please go to the Bradley Hanson website that is maintained in his memory. You may also contact the committee chair with any questions or comments.
2025 AWARD
To be eligible for the award a candidate must 1) be a member of NCME, and 2) have completed, be working on, or be proposing a project that makes a significant contribution to the field of educational measurement or a significant contribution to the development of new professionals in the field. Individuals or groups of individuals at any stage in their careers are eligible.
Nomination (application) packages for the award must include a) the letter of nomination, b) a completed application form, c) at least one letter of recommendation from person(s) other than the nominator which addresses the qualifications of the candidate and the importance of the project, d) a project description of 1,500 words or less which must provide details on the specific research project to be supported by the award and information on how the $1,250 will be spent, and e) a current curriculum vitae.
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The nominator and the nominee agree that this work will not be nominated for a similar award in AERA that will be given during the 2025 Annual Meeting. The letter of nomination and the letter(s) of recommendation must be written on official letterhead. The complete application package, including the letter of nomination, the letter(s) of recommendation, the application form, project description, and curriculum vitae, must be submitted electronically via email by January 10, 2025.
Please attach the application package as a zip file to your email and submit it to the Bradley Hanson Award Committee Chair, Brain French (frenchb@wsu.edu), with cc to the NCME Awards Board Liaison, Li Cai (cai@cresst.org), and the NCME management office (ncme@ncme.org).
Past Recipients
- 2005 Seonghoon Kim and Gary Skaggs
- 2006 Won-Chan Lee
- 2007 Jianbin Fu
- 2008 no recipient
- 2009 Ying Cheng
- 2010 J. Patrick Meyer
- 2011 Werner Wothke
- 2012 Matthias von Davier
- 2013 Lihua Yao
- 2014 Hong Jiao
- 2015 Chaitanya Ramineni, Brent Bridgeman, and Paul Deane
- 2016 Sun-Joo Cho
- 2017 Wenchao Ma and Jimmy de a Torre
- 2018 Dr. Sandip Sinharay
- 2019 Hongwen Guo, Mo Zhang, Paul Deane, and Randy Bennett
- 2020 Matthew Johnson and Sandip Sinharay
- 2021 Steven Culpepper and James Balamuta
- 2022 David Magis, Duanli Yan and Alina von Davier
- 2023 Paul Dean, Duanli Yan, and Priya Kannan
- 2024 Chris Han, Edison Choe, Hwanggyu Lim, Jamie Malatesta, Paulius Satkus, Sung-Hyuck Lee, and Yan Fu
Committee Members
This committee is responsible for all steps associated with the selection and recognition of the recipient of the Bradley Hanson Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement.
- Scott Hanson, Permanent Member
- Brian French, Chair
- Hong Jiao
- Hwanggyu Lim
- Tom Proctor
- Shiyu Wang
- Stefanie Wind
- Nana Amma Asamoah, Student Member
Donations
Donations to the Bradley A. Hanson Memorial Fund may be made payable to the:
Arizona Community Foundation
Bradley A. Hanson Memorial Fund
2201 E. Camelback Road, Suite 405B
Phoenix, AZ 85016