Women in Measurement

📢 Registration is now open for the NCES Data Users Conference (DUC)! Join us for this free virtual event, February 11–13, 2025, where researchers, policymakers, and data users will: • Share insights and findings using NCES datasets. • Discuss strategies for data linking, analysis, and visualization. • Highlight critical topics in education, from achievement gaps to evolving education landscapes. Learn from experts and engage with cutting-edge education research—at no cost. Register today: https://lnkd.in/dArmgy7b

Summer 2025 Paid Internship Opportunity! The JMU Center for Assessment and Research Studies (CARS), the Quantitative Psychology M.A. Program, and the Assessment and Measurement Ph.D. Program are excited to announce our 2025 Summer Internship for Undergraduates! This is a sought out opportunity for undergraduate students interested in Assessment, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics, or Measurement to gain hands-on, real-world experience. Key Information: Participate: Virtually or In-person Application Opens: January 3, 2025 Application Deadline: February 18, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET Internship Dates: June 10, 2025 – July 25, 2025 Learn more and apply today: https://bit.ly/4jdHHUM. #PhDinAssessmentandmeasurement #HigherEducation #AssessmentAndMeasurement #JMUCARS

WestEd is hiring! We're looking for a nationally recognized assessment expert to serve as our Director of Assessment Design and Development. Come join us.

The organization I'm with, Assessment for Good, is looking for a UX Researcher to join our Product team. I've loved this work because: great small team, highly collaborative, focus on equity and liberatory R&D, and led by researchers so research is the core of what we do! https://lnkd.in/eWHPm7ZH

edCount is hiring! We recently filled our Director of Administration and Director of Business Development positions. edCount is now looking for a Program Management Specialist with a PMP certification and a working understanding of K-12 summative alternate assessment development and administration. We can't wait to hear from you!

I'm looking forward to what will be a fun and enlightening conversation with three wonderful women in measurement: Jilliam Joe from the Aurora Institute, Priya Kannan from WestEd, and my American Institutes for Research colleague Margarita Olivera-Aguilar. Grad students and early-career scholars might find this session especially relevant. Please join us and contribute to the conversation! Many thanks to Women in Measurement for hosting this event.

Awards (due 1/10) are important signals and records of contributions to our field. Beyond $1K+ and a plaque, I've seen them guide recruitment, hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions. Our 6 award committees are standing by and eager to learn of the accomplishments of our members. https://lnkd.in/eNREyckg

Women in Measurement, in collaboration with the Center for Assessment, NBME, and edCount, LLC is thrilled to announce our fifth annual ResearcHER Awards. We invite research proposals that deepen our understanding of race and gender equity within the professional field of educational measurement. Due to the generous support of our program sponsors, we are raising the award amount to offer $10,000 of support for exceptional, women-led research projects that seek to advance gender and racial equity in educational measurement leadership. Women in Measurement ResearcHERs join a vibrant community of scholars supported by experienced mentors, Tomoe Kanaya, Ph.D. and YJ Kim. The selected cohort of ResearcHERs will meet regularly to connect, share progress, and receive feedback and guidance. We welcome a diverse range of research ideas that will support the mission of Women in Measurement. No budget submission is required; recipients have full discretion over the use of funds. The funding can support research expenses, including attending a conference to share findings. Learn more about this opportunity at https://bit.ly/43VMdjh

We're hiring for an awesome new role on my team at Transcend! If you are passionate about applying your quant and qual research skills to build the evidence base around innovative new learning models, we'd love to meet you!

January 29: AIR experts Laura Hamilton and Margarita Olivera-Aguilar join a Women in Measurement panel on how measurement expertise can influence education practice and policy. They will discuss their careers in applied research, collaboration, mentoring, and more. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/49XItks