We’re at NCME and AERA 2025! Come Check Us Out

Apr 16, 2025

Each April, two of the big education research conferences occur simultaneously. They’re right around the corner: April 23-26, in Denver. Our associates have a bevy of fascinating presentations lined up. Here’s a quick rundown of what we’re doing, and when, at the meetings of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

NCME:

Thursday, April 24:

Serving Diverse Student Groups Through Accommodation and Accessibility Support in Large-Scale Assessments

(8 – 9:30 am, coordinated paper session)

  • Cara Laitusis, discussant

Innovations in the Assessment of Civic Learning in K-12 Schools

(9:45 – 11:15 am, coordinated paper session)

  • E. Caroline Wylie: Developing and Evaluating Civic Competencies Through Scenario-Based Assessment

Implications of Culturally Responsive Assessment for Large-Scale Assessment Practices (NCME-edited volume) 

(11:30 am – 1 pm, invited session)

  • Carla Evans, chair

Investigating the Impact of K-12 Enrollment Trends on Interpretations of Longitudinal Achievement

(11:30 am, graduate student electronic board session)

  • Mara McFadden (2024 Center intern)

Testing Standards Revision: Focus on Foundations, Operations, & Psychometrics

(1:30 – 3 pm, organized discussion)

The first of two sessions that will update members and provide an opportunity for input on the Standards.

  • Cara Laitusis, co-author

Diagnostic Classification Models

(4:30 – 6 pm, individual paper session)

  • André Rupp, discussant

Bridging Graduate Students and Practice: Internships in Educational Measurement

(4:30 – 6:30 pm, organized discussion)

  • Scott Marion, presenter 

Friday, April 25:

How Can We Balance Assessment Systems to Enable Teacher Collaborative Learning?

(9:45 – 11:15 am, organized discussion)

  • Scott Marion, chair

The Landscape of Educational Measurement Programs Through the Lens of Civil Rights

(11:30 am – 1 pm, coordinated paper session)

  • Juan D’Brot, presenter

It’s Time to Evaluate State Accountability Systems

(1:30 – 3 pm, coordinated paper session)

  • Nathan Dadey: How Do Intended Users Interpret and Use State Accountability Data?
  • Andrew Krist (2024 Center intern): Calculating the Consistency of Accountability Decisions in Complex Systems
  • Scott Marion, chair

Supporting Social and Emotional Learning in Schools and Out-of-school-time Programs: Voices from the Field

(1:30 – 3 pm, organized discussion)

  • Carla Evans, presenter

Saturday April 26

Testing Standards Revision: Focus on Applications of Measurement

(8 – 9:30 am, organized discussion)

The second of two sessions that will update members and provide an opportunity for input on the Standards. 

  • Cara Laitusis, co-author 

States Are Trying to Make Assessments More Instructionally Useful: How’s It Working?

(8 – 9:30 am, coordinated paper session)

  • Nathan Dadey, discussant
  • Carla Evans: Evaluating the Instructional Usefulness of Assessments
  • Scott Marion, chair: Teachers Are Not Dumb! Assessment is Hard. Lessons from Behavioral Economics
  • Kyla McClure (2024 Center intern): Investigating Teacher Use of Benchmark Modules to Improve Instruction in Utah
  • Mi Jin Park (2024 Center intern): Understanding the Potential Instructional Uses of Through-Year Assessments in Montana

Pushing the Utility of Assessments in Competency-Based Education

(9:45 – 11:15 am, coordinated paper session)

  • Carla Evans, discussant 

Within-year Growth Measures and Learning Inferences

(3:15 – 4:15 pm, coordinated paper session)

Presentations will cover three topics relevant to testing programs using within-year repeated measures.

  • Nathan Dadey, discussant 

AERA:

Thursday, April 24 

Culturally Responsive Assessment in Classrooms: Theory, Research, and Practice (NCME-edited volume) 

(8 – 9:30 am, symposium)

  • Carla Evans 

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