Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC)

Upcoming Events

NCME/AERA Conference 2026

Thursday, April 9
9:45 AM - 11:15 AMNCMEExploration of Large Language Models for Automated Scoring of Long EssaysHong Jiao, Haowei Hua, Hanna Choi, Sydney Peters, Xinyi Wangthe InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles, Roosevelt A
1:45 PM - 3:15 PMNCMEAI Ethics, Policy, and Practice in Training Measurement Professionals: A Panel Discussion (Educators of Measurement SIGIMIE Session)Hong Jiaothe InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles, Roosevelt A
3:45 PM - 5:15 PMNCMEFrom Topic Models to LLMs: AI-Driven Applications in Educational MeasurementHong Jiaothe InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles, Roosevelt B
Friday, April 10
7:45 AM - 11:45 AMAERABeyond the Bubble Sheet: Shaping the Future of Assessment with AIHong Jiao, Jiawei Xiong, Hanna ChoiJW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Plaza II
1:45 PM - 3:15 PMAERAText-Based Approaches to Classification of Item Difficulty LevelsHong Jiao,  Xinyi Wang, Ming Li, Tianyi Zhou, Sydney Peters, Hanna Choi, Qingshu XuInterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Wilshire Grand Ballroom I
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMNCMEPractical Issues with Process DataHong Jiaothe InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles, Silver Lake A
Saturday, April 11
11:30 AM - 12:45 PMNCMEAn NCME Debate Session: The AI Landscape for Industry and Academia (Featured Session Format)Hong Jiaothe InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles, Wilshire Grand Ballroom III
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMNCMEText-based Approaches to Item Difficulty and Discrimination ModelingHong Jiao, Ming Li, Hanna Choi, Sydney Peters, Xinyi Wang, Tianyi Zhouthe InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles, Boyle Heights

 

IMPS 2026

Multitask Modeling of Item Difficulty and Content Alignment in Large-Scale AssessmentHong Jiao, Xinyi Wang, Hanna Choi, Sydney Peters
Cheating Detection in Large-Scale Assessment Using a Transformer-Based Tabular Foundation Model: TabPFNHanna Choi, Hong Jiao