泛太平洋地区客观测量会议（一号通知）
会议时间：2018年7月25—27日（会前工作坊：2018年7月23—24日）
会议主办方：复旦大学外文学院大学英语教学部
会议主题：Rasch测量理论在语言测评及人文学科中的应用
近些年Rasch测量理论在语言测评及人文社科领域得到越来越广泛的应用。以语言测评研究领域为例。Rasch测量理论可以用于探析语言测评中的很多关键问题，如考试的效度、写作和口语等表现型语言测试中的评分员效应、评分量表的效度等。PROMS研讨会为世界各地的Rasch研究人员提供了交流、探讨和学习的契机。
2018年的PROMS会议将由复旦大学外文学院大学英语教学部主办。本次会议我们有幸邀请到澳大利亚墨尔本大学的Tim McNamara教授、上海交通大学的金艳教授、乔治亚大学的George Engelhard教授等作为会议的主旨发言人。
Rasch模型的理论与实践探讨依然是本次PROMS会议的重要主题。同时，我们将在本次会议上设立外语教学和研究专场，鼓励外语教师、硕博士研究生和外语教学研究人员积极投稿。我们也鼓励大家积极参加会前的工作坊，学习如何将Rasch测量理论有效地应用到外语教学与研究中。即使您现在不太懂Rasch模型，我们也鼓励您积极投稿。这是一次学习Rasch模型的好机会！
投稿方式：
您需要点击下面的链接，打开Easychair网站：
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=proms2018
在Easychair网站上注册成功以后，您就可以投稿了。请用英文撰写投稿摘要，摘要长度不超过400个英文单词。
投稿截止日期为2018年4月1日。投稿过程中，如有问题，请发邮件咨询：proms2018@aliyun.com
摘要提交：2018年4月1日前
录用通知：2018年5月5日前
早鸟注册：2018年5月30日前
Pacific-Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) Call for Proposals
Dates: July 25-27, 2018 (Preconference workshops July 23-24, 2018)
Organizer: College English Center, Fudan University
The application of the Rasch model has been increasing exponentially in the field of language testing and assessment, and across the human sciences, more generally. A review of the articles published in Language Testing and Language Assessment Quarterly, two highly-cited journals in the field in the past two decades, reveals that the Rasch model has become one of the dominant research methods, used to address a variety of research questions, most notably the validation of language assessment instruments and the detection of rater effects in performance assessment, such as writing and speaking.
PROMS is the annual professional meeting symposium of the Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Society. The symposium consists of a conference and associated workshops for the sharing of knowledge and applications of the Rasch model with the international community. It provides a valuable opportunity for both novice and seasoned researchers to discuss important and emerging issues in applying the Rasch model, and to present empirical research featuring the application of the Rasch model in human sciences.
Keynote Speeches
Confirmed keynote speakers at PROMS 2018 include:
Tim McNamara, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor，School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne；President, American Association for Applied Linguistics
Yan Jin, Professor，School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University；
Chair, the National College English Test Committee, China
George Engelhard, Professor，Department of Educational Psychology (Quantitative Methodology)；College of Education, University of Georgia
Abstract Submission
PROMS invites presentations on the theory and practice of applying the Rasch model across the human sciences, including business, education, health and psychology. These could include research applying the Rasch model, advances in the practice of measurement, or reviews of modern measurement theory. Topics of submission may include, but are not limited to:
1. Development and validation of assessment instruments
2. Rater effects in performance assessment
3. Fairness of using assessment to make decisions
4. Assessing language skills such as listening, reading, writing, and speaking
5. Advances in the practice of measurement
6. Issues relating to modern measurement theory
7. Technical issues of the application of the Rasch model
8. Using the Rasch model collaboratively with other statistical procedures such as G-theory
Abstract Submission Before 1st April, 2018
Abstract Acceptance Before 5th May, 2018
Early-bird Registration Before 30th May, 2018
Selected papers will be published in PROMS Conference Proceedings by Springer-Verlag.
To submit an abstract, please use the following link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=proms2018
When you click on this link, you will be asked to register for an account at easychair.org. After you register, you can log in and submit your proposal. Questions concerning proposal submission should be addressed to proms2018@aliyun.com.
All abstracts should be no longer than 400 words, and should have five sections as follows:
1. Aims and key words: The main objective(s) or the goal to achieve (where appropriate) and the relevant hypothesis or hypotheses tested (if there is);
2. Sample: Specified subject status and sample size;
3. Method: The research design, method(s) and procedures (when necessary);
4. Results: The major findings of the study;
5. Conclusions: The main conclusions, implication(s) and significance(s) of the findings.
All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and a notification will be sent to you upon the completion of the review.
We appreciate your support and we look forward to welcoming you to Shanghai in July 2018.