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 ABOUT PROMS
PROMS (Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium) is an annual
non-governmental professional meeting
established at the instigation of Professor
Trevor Bond in 2004 to promote objective
measurement and contribute to the research and
development of Rasch measurement in the
Pacific Rim. PROMS is an annual symposium aiming to provide a forum
for the sharing of new knowledge with the
international community. Rasch measurement
workshops are usually attached to PROMS
meetings.
The first PROMS meeting, PROMS KL 2005, was
successfully held at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 21-23
June 2005. It was hosted by the Research Centre of
the International Islamic University of Malaysia.
The theme of PROMS 2005 was “Quality Measurement for
Quality Decisions”. The symposium had attracted
over 120 international researchers, practitioners,
educators, and policymakers from 10 countries,
including Australia, Sweden, Hong Kong, Korea,
Malaysia, Palestine, Philippines, South Africa,
Taiwan, and U.S.A. Prof Mike Linacre ran
introduction to Winsteps / Facets software workshop
at PROMS KL 2005.
PROMS HK 2006 is to be held in Hong Kong from 27-29
June 2006 and will be hosted by the Department of
Educational Psychology, Counselling, and Learning
Needs, The Hong Kong Institute of Education. The
theme of PROMS HK 2006 is “Rasch Measurement: A Tool
for Scientific Progress for the Asia Pacific”.
Attached Rasch workshops will be organized according
to demand.
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