Hello Educational Statisticians (EdStats) SIG members!
It's feeling like fall where I live, and that means we are in the midst of planning the 2024 Annual Meeting. Last year we had three sessions (plus virtual papers) and accepted many of the strong proposals that were submitted.
However, this year while the SIG had many submissions, the rest of AERA added more submissions than we did -- for a total of 10,869 proposals! Sadly, that we lost a session as they are allocated in proportion to the proposal counts. Nonetheless we will have a strong program and I urge you to attend AND to recruit more members to submit to the SIG so next year we can win back our third session!
As was true last year, the SIG will sponsor the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for papers with first or sole authors who are EdStats SIG studentmembers. That is a great reason for students to join the SIG via the AERA SIG memberships page!
Last, I am planning some exciting virtual sessions on "Careers in quant" following last year's great business meeting. Join up to hear all about them!
Best regards,
Betsy Becker, Chair, Educational Statisticians SIG
Emeritus Professor of Measurement and Statistics
Florida State University
Chair: Betsy Becker
Program chair: Tracy Sweet
Webmaster: Julie Lorah
Newsletter editor: NA
Member at large: Walter Leite
Member at large: Audrey Leroux
Secretary/Treasurer: Cengiz Zopluoglu
Rationale for Establishing the Award: The award is designed to encourage graduate students to prepare and present research papers at the annual conference.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be eligible, the graduate student must:
The Educational Statisticians SIG is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2024 Educational Statisticians SIG Annual Service Award. The Service Award is designed to recognize individuals who have provided exceptional contributions to the field of educational statistics and to the Educational Statisticians SIG. The award winner will be announced at the AERA Educational Statisticians SIG business meeting.
Nominations Must Include the Following Two Items:
The deadline for nomination submissions is January 27, 2024. To apply for the 2023 Educational Statisticians SIG Annual Service Award or to receive more information, please contact Audrey Leroux at aleroux@gsu.edu.
Coming soon: Newsletter 2023
1. Creating a high quality program for AERA
2. Maintaining contact with members and providing opportunities for members to interact with each other
3. Giving the Ed-Stats SIG annual service award