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April 24, 2025

 

Division D Newsletter Request for Submissions


Conferences & Calls for Proposals

Call for Special Issues
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Fellowships
2025 ATLAS Research Fellowship at the University of Kansas

Presentations
Global Perspectives in Measurement & Research Methodologies: AI and Emerging Technologies

Workshops
Generative AI Ethics Module Design Sprint Workshops

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 Division D Newsletter Request for Submissions

We invite Division D members to submit their recently published articles for inclusion in the Division D Newsletter! This new resource highlights our collective scholarly contributions over the past year, making it easier for members to stay updated on the latest research in measurement, statistics, quantitative and qualitative methods, and mixed methodologies. By sharing your work, you are helping fellow researchers, professors, and practitioners access relevant studies for syllabus updates, literature reviews, and future research collaborations. Submitting is simple; just complete the following form and provide your citation details. Let’s showcase the impact of our research and support each other’s work!  

Direct URL: https://forms.gle/tC7uxTBi6MeuDxjz5


Frontiers in Adult Education Research

The conference and workshop, “Frontiers in Adult Education Research: Applying Process Data Techniques to the PIAAC Dataset,” will highlight interdisciplinary research in adult education, large-scale assessments, and data science techniques. Attendees can look forward to talks, poster presentations, and ample networking opportunities. This event aims to inspire educational researchers, policymakers, and instructors by showcasing insights provided by PIAAC and the potential of large-scale assessments in adult education.

Details
Georgetown University Hilltop Campus
Healey Family Student Center
May 8-9, 2025
Cost: Free

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0f11lEsgJ_i5H8HkgRkApO3z4822emvSeWVe2JiadQJ8IeQ/viewform

Questions? Contact Dr. Qiwei (Britt) He (qiwei.he@georgetown.edu) or Dr. Elizabeth Tighe (etighe@gsu.edu).


NCME Special Conference, Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con)

The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) will host this special conference in-person in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 27-29, 2025, at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown. The theme is “Innovation and Evidence: Shaping the Future of AI in Educational Measurement”. 

This conference aims to gather an interdisciplinary group of experts from education, artificial intelligence, measurement, natural language processing, assessment, learning analytics, and technological development to foster learning across all groups. 

The AIME–Con will include training sessions on October 27, and keynote, poster, and paper presentations on October 28 and 29. We welcome individuals to sign up to facilitate training sessions and review proposals. Proposal submissions for paper and training sessions will open in early spring and are due May 31, 2025. Notifications of acceptances will be sent around July 1, 2025.

For more information, please see the conference website. We are excited to see you in Pittsburgh in October!


Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice is a leading journal for scholarly output in the field of educational assessment. The journal is explicitly international in focus and encourages contributions from a wide range of assessment systems and cultures. Following APA standards, the journal publishes both theoretical and empirical scholarship that directly advances assessment theory, policy, and/or practice across formal education contexts.

Special Issues are an important feature of Assessment in Education. Each Special Issue focusses on a select topic of high interest to the Assessment in Education readership, and reflects an area of assessment that is timely, critical, and debated. Special Issues should seek to present multiple perspectives from diverse geographies on the selected topic. A list of previous Special Issues can be viewed here.

Assessment in Education is currently seeking proposals for Special Issues. All Special Issues in the journal must adhere to the following requirements:

  • Special Issues will have a minimum of seven articles plus an editorial
  • Special Issues will be managed by Guest Editor(s) and be assigned one regular Editor
  • Contributing articles should be obtained through an open call process
  • Conference-based Special Issues must include opportunity for additional contributors through an open call process
  • All articles must all be submitted for external peer review as per the journal's usual policy
  • All article processing will be administered through the ScholarOne Manuscripts platform

Submission Instructions

Proposals for Special Issues in Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice should include the following elements:

  • Proposed Special Issue title
  • Description and rationale for the Special Issue topic (250 words)
  • Plan and approach for soliciting manuscripts (150 words)
  • Anticipated issue timeline
  • Guest Editor(s) scholarly background and editorial experience (250 words)

Proposals should be no more than 1,000 words plus any references and appendices.

Questions and proposals should be submitted to the Lead Editor of the journal, Christopher DeLuca at cdeluca@queensu.ca by June 1, 2025. All proposals will be reviewed by the journal’s Executive Editorial Board.


2025 ATLAS Research Fellowship at the University of Kansas

Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas is excited to announce our 2025 ATLAS Research Fellowship Program. This annual fellowship offers doctoral students an opportunity to conduct research and evaluation projects in support of technology-based learning and assessment systems.

Our research priorities for this year's fellowship program focus on the following areas.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Applications within an operational educational assessment program
    • Applications to advance research methods
  • Diagnostic Classification Models (DCMs)
    • Evaluating the properties of longitudinal diagnostic classification models and their application to operational assessment programs
  • Other proposal ideas relevant to our mission and projects will be considered.

Please share this opportunity with your networks. More information, including details on funding, application requirements, and deadlines, is available on our ATLAS Research Fellowship page (https://atlas.ku.edu/fellowship).


Global Perspectives in Measurement & Research Methodologies: AI and Emerging Technologies

This invited session will be presented during the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting in Denver. Chaired by Dr. Jiawei Xiong, talks will be presented by Prof. Ying (Alison) Cheng (The University of Notre Dame) on “Fairness in AI and Educational Measurement: Similarities and Differences,” Prof. Jimmy de la Torre (The University of Hong Kong) on “Reimagining Assessment and Learning with Modern Psychometrics and Technological Advances,” and Prof. Okan Bulut (The University of Alberta) on “Navigating the AI Revolution in Educational Measurement: Opportunities and Challenges.”

The session is Friday, April 25, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm MDT in Meeting Room 712, the Colorado Convention Center.


Generative AI Ethics Module Design Sprint Workshops

Join AI ethics experts and pedagogy experts for a 3-day hybrid workshop on generative AI ethics for undergraduate STEM educators at Michigan State University.

  • Dates: June 10-12, 2025
  • Times: 10am-4pm EST
  • Location: Hybrid – attend in East Lansing, Michigan, or virtually via Zoom
  • Cost: Free

In-person spots are full, but we are still accepting registrations for virtual participants.

More information at https://aiethicsworkshop.commons.msu.edu/.


March 23, 2025
 

Conferences, Symposiums, and Calls for Proposals

Information Sessions
Spencer Transformative Research Program Information Session at AERA

Lectures and Presentations

Workshop
AI & Ethics Module Design Workshop (June 10-12, 2025)


Frontiers in Adult Education Research: Applying Process Data Techniques to the PIAAC Dataset (May 8-9, 2025)

The AI Measurement and Data Science (AIMD) Lab, the Data Science and Analytics Program and Massive Data Institute (MDI) at Georgetown University, in collaboration with the Georgia State University Adult Literacy Research Center (ALRC), are pleased to announce the conference and workshop “Frontiers in Adult Education Research: Applying Process Data Techniques to the PIAAC Dataset.” This event will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 8-9, 2025, at Georgetown University Hilltop Campus, Healey Family Student Center.

The conference will highlight interdisciplinary research in adult education, large-scale assessments, and data science techniques. Attendees can look forward to talks, poster presentations, and ample networking opportunities. This event aims to inspire educational researchers, policymakers, and instructors by showcasing insights provided by PIAAC and the potential of large-scale assessments in adult education.

This event consists of a one-day conference (May 8th) to showcase adult education research that includes PIAAC and uses innovative process data techniques. The half-day workshop (May 9th) will introduce how to analyze process data in large-scale assessments using PIAAC as an example. The conference and workshop are fully sponsored by grants awarded to GSU and GU by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and attendance is free for all participants.

At this conference, we also welcome poster proposals from researchers, faculty, policymakers, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate and undergraduate students. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • PIAAC-related studies
  • Adult education
  • Process data-related studies
  • Methodology innovation in large-scale assessments
  • Data science methods in adult education and lifelong learning

Conference/Workshop Registration click here. (Due by April 20, 2025)
Poster Proposal Submission click here. (Due by March 31, 2025. Decisions made by early April.)

All types of research are welcome, including quantitative, qualitative, and empirical reviews. Posters previously presented at local or national conferences and works in progress are also welcome. Abstracts should include a title, presenter names, affiliations, email addresses of presenters, and a 250-word (maximum) abstract. If the study is in progress, please include descriptions of anticipated results/analyses.

Questions?
Contact Dr. Qiwei (Britt) He (qiwei.he@georgetown.edu) or Dr. Elizabeth Tighe (etighe@gsu.edu).


Spencer Transformative Research Program Information Session at AERA

AERA Division colleagues are invited to attend an Information Session during AERA2025 in Denver about the Spencer Foundation's Transformative Research Program.

This session will be held in person, starting with a formal presentation about Spencer’s Transformative Research Program, followed by general Q&A with Program Officers. We are especially interested in meeting your members and sharing more about this opportunity given our interest in transformative scholarship that explores how we better measure and assess the full range of skills, capacities, and experiences that lead to robust learning.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver
650 15th Street, Centennial Ballroom B, 3rd Floor

Please share this invitation with your AERA Division or SIG and any other colleagues who may be interested.

Seating is limited, so we are asking interested scholars to register by March 31.

If you have any questions, please contact Jasmine Knetl at jknetl@spencer.org.


NCME Special Conference: Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education

Save the date for an NCME Special Conferenced called the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con). It will be held in-person in Pittsburgh, PA, from October 27-29, 2025, at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown. The theme is "Innovation and Evidence: Shaping the Future of AI in Educational Measurement."

The conference aims to gather an interdisciplinary group of experts from education, artificial intelligence, measurement, natural language processing, assessment, learning analytics, and technological development to foster leraning across all groups.

The AIME-Con will include training sessions on October 27, and a keynote, posters, and paper presentations on October 28 and 29. We welcome individuals to sign up to facilitate training sessions and review proposals. Proposal submissions for paper and training sessions will open in early spring and are due May 31, 2025. Notifications of acceptances will be sent around July 1, 2025.

For more information, please see the conference website. We are excited to see you in Pittsburgh in October!


8th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Qualitative Methodologies: Expanding Possibilities for Qualitative Research Across Disciplines

Hosted by the Student Organization for Qualitative Methodologies at the University of South Florida, this symposium provides a space where students, faculty, and other participating researchers can engage in scholarly conversations that will contribute towards understanding diverse qualitative methodologies and their applications.

Friday, April 11, 2025
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Virtual

Division D Vice President, Jessica Nina Lester, PhD, will deliver the keynote address, "Navigating the digital world in qualitative research: An invitation to critical appraisal."


UGA QUAL Speaker Series

Join the UGA Qualitative Research Program for the last UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series of the semester, presented by Dr. Susan Cannon.

"Listening as a Gift: What listening (still) has to offer qualitative inquiry"
Wednesday, March 19th from 12 PM - 1 PM Eastern Time
Register: https://bit.ly/UGAQL11

As technologies make it easier not to listen, when meetings are summed up by AI and interviews are automatically transcribed, qualitative researchers may feel the pull to save time by not listening. Yet, this logic relies on the assumption and understanding that time is scarce. Kimmerer (2024) suggested that “recognizing ‘enoughness’ is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more” (p. 12). What if we had enough time? What other questions and insights might (another) listening offer? Listening takes time, and the process of listening creates ongoing and reciprocal relations. In this presentation, Cannon will trace her engagements with listening, transcription, responsibility, and representation and share thoughts on what listening (still) has to offer qualitative inquiry.

Contact Maureen Flint (maureen.flint@uga.edu) with any questions.


AI & Ethics Module Design Workshop (June 10-12, 2025)

Join AI ethics experts and pedagogy experts for a three-day hybrid workshop on generative AI ethics for undergraduate STEM educators at Michigan State University:

  • Dates: June 10-12, 2025
  • Times: 10 am - 4 pm EDT
  • Location: Hybrid - attend in East Lansing, MI, or virtually via Zoom
  • Cost: Free, with some travel stipends and additional stipends available

Hosted by MSU's Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Evidence-Driven Innovation team, and Ethics Institute, this NSF-funded workshop series will provide content knowlege and dedicated working time for participants to develop AI ethics moduls for use in their undergraduate STEM courses.

We welcome from STEM disciplines, broadly defined. This includes the Sciences (natural, physical, social, and environmental); Computing and Data Science; Engineering & Technology; Health and Life Sciences; Mathematics & Statistics; and Education/Teacher Education in STEM.

Travel stipends. We are able to provide travel stipends for up to 20 in-person participants. Stipend amounts will start at $1,400 and may increase depending on total travel fund needs.

Additional stipends for qualified participants. We recognize that it might require additional funds to participate in workshops, and are providing $300 stipends to acknoqledge participant efforts and offset costs. These will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to ten participants employed by the following types of institutions:

  • Community colleges
  • Tribal Colleges or Universities
  • Historically Black Colleges or Universities
  • Hispanic-serving Institutions
  • Non-doctoral granting institutions

If we receive insufficient applicants from the above institution types, we will prioritize educators in non-tenure track and adjunct roles for these stipends.

Priority application deadline is 3/17/25. We will continue accepting applications on a rolling basis untilt he workshop is full or until 4/30/25.

Additional Questions? Please contact Dr. Hala Sun, sunhala@msu.edu.

 
 
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