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JAM/JAM Press is pleased to announce that back issues of the Journal of Outcome Measurement, the predecessor of JAM, have been digitalized and are available for use. All seventeen issues are available (Vol. 1, No. 1 to 4, 1997; Vol. 2, No. 1 to 4, 1998; Vol. 3, No. 1 to 4, 1999; Vol.4, No. 1 to 4, 2000; and Vol.5, No. 1, 2001). William Fisher generously donated his copies of JOM, V4 and Alan Tennant donated his copy of Vol. 5. Please click on the Journal of Outcome Measurement Back Issues below to go to the pdfs of the complete back issues of JOM listed above.
Volume 12 of the Journal of Applied Measurement is now complete. The first issue of Volume 13 will be out in March, 2012. If your subscription has expired, please consider renewing at this time. To renew your subscription, just click on the Subscription Form button below. Then print and complete the form. Finally, mail the form, along with your payment, to the address on the form. Thank you for your support of JAM.
IOMW 2012 will be held on April 11 and 12, 2012, just proir to AERA/NCME in Vancouver, Canada. Registration information is available at www.IOMW2012.com.
JAM Press will present an expanded Rasch measurement workshop in October, 2012. The workshop, which will now be three days in length, provides an introduction to Rasch measurement, covering all aspects of dichotomous and polytomous Rasch models, as well as, many-facet Rasch measurement. Workshop directors will be Richard Smith and Everett Smith. Workshop attendees will receive a copy of three JAM Press books: Introduction to Rasch Measurement and Rasch Measurement: Advanced and Specialized Applications and Criterion Referenced Testing, and a one year subscription to the Journal of Applied Measurement. Further information on the workshop and the registration form will be available soon.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the new book Advances in Rasch Measurement, Volume 2 edited by Nathaniel J. S. Brown, Brent Duckor, Karen Draney, and Mark Wilson is now available. This book continues the tradition of the Rasch Measurement: Theory into Practice series, presenting selected papers that represent recent advances in Rasch measurement from past IOMW conferences. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details.
The JAM/JAM Press website has moved to a new location. You can still find us at www.jampress.org, but the old homepage address does not work. Our e-mail addresses have also changed. You can contact us at info@jampress.org. Another e-mail address is available for editorial questions (editor@jampress.org). The old e-mail addresses, jampress@att.net and rsmith.arm@att.net, have expired, so please be certain to save the new e-mail addresses.
JAM publishes refereed scholarly work from all academic disciplines that relate to measurement theory and its application to constructing variables. WINSTEPS.COM calls it the “most authoritative journal for Rasch research.” Under its publishing division, JAM Press, it publishes a variety of books dedicated to exploring the principles of objective measurement.
IOMW 2008 and IOMW 2010 have come and gone. Thanks to everyone who made them possible, especially all of the presenters. There were many excellent presentations at the conferences. The final program for IOMW 2008 , including abstracts, can be found by clicking on IOMW 2008 below. Information on IOMW 2010 can be found at www.iomw2010.net.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the new book Advances in Rasch Measurement, Volume 1 edited by Mary L. Garner, George Engelhard, Jr., William P. Fisher, Jr., and Mark Wilson is now available. This book continues the tradition of the Rasch Measurement: Theory into Practice series, presenting selected papers that represent recent advances in Rasch measurement from past IOMW conferences. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the new book Criterion Referencved Testing: Practice Analysis to Score Reporting Using Rasch Measurement edited by Everett V. Smith, Jr. and Gregory E. Stone is now available. This book explores issues and topics relating to criterion referenced testing from the perspective Rasch measurement. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Rasch Measurement: Advanced and Specialized Applications edited by Everett V. Smith, Jr. and Richard M. Smith is available. This is book explores issues and topics relating to Rasch measurementthat were not previously covered in Introduction to Rasch Measurement. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Applications of Rasch Measurement in Science Education edited by Xiufeng Liu and William J. Boone is available. This is the first book entirely dedicated to applications of Rasch measurement in science education. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Rasch Measurement in Health Sciences edited by Nikolaus Bezruczko is available. This is one of the first books entirely dedicated to applications of Rasch measurement in the health sciences. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Introduction to Rasch Measurement edited by Everett V. Smith, Jr. and Richard M. Smith is available. Please click on JAM Press Books below for further details. Steve Lang, USF St. Petersburg, writes in his review of IRM in Rasch Measurement Transactions (Vol. 18:4, page 977): "This book fills a clear and important need in the understanding and development of Rasch Measurement." "This book is a logical overview of the Rasch model as it stands today that doesn't exist in this detail elsewhere." "As a reader for graduate students, the book is seriously under priced for those students who often pay $50 for something from a copy shop that's poorly printed or $120 for a textbook that is hardly readable!"
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Assessing and Modeling Cognitive Development in School edited by Robert Lissitz is available. This is the third book in the series dedicated to understanding important aspects of the NCLB legislation in the United States. Please click on JAM Press Books page below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Longitudinal and Value Added Models of Student Performance edited by Robert Lissitz is available. This is the second book in the series dedicated to understanding the use of value-added models in evaluating public education in the United States. Please click on JAM Press Books page below for further details.
JAM Press is pleased to announce that the book Value Added Models in Education: Theory and Applications edited by Robert Lissitz is available. This is one of the first books entirely dedicated to understanding the use of value-added models in evaluating public education in the United States. Joseph Martineau, Michigan Department of Education, writes in his review of VAM in Applied Psychological Measurement (Vol. 30:3, pp 249-252): Value Added Models in Education "is a remarkably precise microcosm of the field of value-added models (VAM)." "This book provides a high-quality discussion of the major issues in (VAM) in a wide range of statistical sophistication." "This book provides a strong analysis of political, statistical and psychometric issues in (VAM). There is enough statistical rigor to hold the attention of technical readers .... and there is enough plain-language presentations of these issues .... to be helpful to less technical substantive, policy and methodology researchers ...." Please click on JAM Press Books page below for further details.
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