What We’re Up To: Center Presentations at NCME & AERA

Apr 01, 2026

It’s almost time for the NCME and AERA conferences (April 8-11 in Los Angeles). Our associates are contributing to a number of fascinating presentations. Here’s a quick rundown of what we’re doing and when.

Wednesday, April 8

Writing an AI-native Dissertation (NCME training session) 8 am – 12 noon

  • Damian Betebenner

Reproducible Educational Reporting using R, RStudio and Quarto (NCME training session) 1 –  5 pm

  • Brian Harrold, University of South Carolina (2025 Center intern)
  • Erik Whitfield, University of Colorado – Boulder (2025 Center intern)
  • Nathan Dadey
  • Damian Betebenner

Thursday, April 9

The North Star? An Appropriate Role for NAEP in the Post-Pandemic Era (NCME coordinated paper session) 11:30 am –  12:45 pm

  • Scott Marion

Now What?  Leveraging Use Cases for Assessment and Accountability Design and Data (NCME organized discussion) 11:30 am –  12:45 pm

  • Nathan Dadey

NCMEntoring: Fireside Chat (invited session: NCME membership committee) (organized discussion) 11:30 am –  1 pm

  • André Rupp

Analyzing Student Cohorts with cohortED in R: A Reproducible, Modular Approach (NCME innovation demonstration session) 1:45 –  2:45 pm

  • Brian Harrold, University of South Carolina (2025 Center intern)
  • Nathan Dadey
  • Damian Betebenner

Collateral Resources to Support Use of the Revised Joint Standards (NCME organized discussion) 3:45 pm –  5:15 pm

  •  Laura S. Hamilton

Friday, April 10

Evaluating GenAI Feedback in Classroom Assessment: A Meta-Synthesis (AERA roundtable session) 7:45 am –  9:15 am

  • Elie Chingyen Yu, University at Albany – SUNY (2025 Center intern)
  • Carla Evans

Reimagining Large-Scale Assessment Systems to Support Civic Learning (AERA roundtable session) 7:45 am –  9:15 am

  • Laura S. Hamilton
  • Chris Brandt

The State of the State TAC: Recommendations from NCME’s Effort to Honor TAC Service (NCME coordinated paper session) 11:30 AM – 12:45 pm

  • Juan D’Brot
  • Scott Marion

Redefining Readiness to Define Schools’ Civic Missions (NCME coordinated paper session) 11:30 am – 12:45 pm

  • Laura S. Hamilton
  • Chris Brandt

CANCELLED! When the Data Stops – Implications of Halting Large-Scale Education Data Collections (NCME Committee on Informing Assessment Policy session) 11:30 am –  12:45 pm

  • Chris Domaleski

Reciprocal Peer Observations: Giving and Getting Feedback on Formative Assessment Practices (AERA paper session)11:45 am –  1:15 pm

  • Caroline Wylie

Empirically Evaluating Claims of Instructional Usefulness (NCME coordinated paper session) 1:45 –  3 pm

  • Scott Marion
  • Nicholas Buchbinder, University of Colorado – Boulder (2025 Center intern)
  • Daniel Raphael

Combining Through-Year Scores: Operational Approaches, Challenges, and Practical Implications (NCME coordinated paper session) 1:45 pm –  3 pm

  • Nathan Dadey
  • Kyla McClure

Assessment to Promote Civic Learning: New Volume in the NCME Book Series (invited session) 3:30 pm – 5 pm (NCME organized discussion)

  • Caroline Wylie
  • Laura S. Hamilton

Saturday, April 11

Innovations in Assessment Development (NCME individual paper session) 7:45 am –  9:15 am

  • Nathan Dadey

The Revision of the Testing Standards: Operations (invited joint AERA/NCME session) (organized discussion) 7:45 am –  9:15 am

  • Cara Laitusis

The Revision of the Testing Standards: Applications (invited joint AERA/NCME session) (organized discussion) 9:45 am –  11:15 am

  •  Laura S. Hamilton

AI-Assisted Assessment Development (NCME individual paper session) 9:45 am –  11:15 am

  • André Rupp

Validation of Teaching Performance Assessments: Simulation-based Measures of Core Teaching Practices (NCME coordinated paper session) 11:30 am –  12:45 pm

  • Scott Marion

A Framework for Informing School Choice (NCME coordinated paper session) 11:30 am –  12:45 pm

  • Laura S. Hamilton

Longitudinal Inference without Longitudinal Data: A Copula-Based Unification of TAMP and SGP (NCME individual paper session) 1:45 –  3:15 pm

  • Damian Betebenner
  • Henry Braun, Boston College (Center board chair)

Building the Foundation – Fostering Coherence Through Unified PLD’s, Transparency, and Communication (NCME coordinated paper session) 1:45 –  2:45 pm

  • André Rupp
  • Will Lorié

Fairness Concerns with AI (NCME individual paper session) 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm

  • Kyla McClure

From Validity Arguments to Validity Synthesis and Judgment (NCME coordinated paper session) 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Scott Marion
  • Chris Domaleski

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