The Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association

On August 6-7, 2008, another milestone of Philippine Education happened. On these days held the First National Conference on Educational Measurement and Evaluation (NCEME) at CSB Hotel in Manila with the theme "Developing a Culture of Assessment in Learning Institutions. This conference was attended by more than 300 participants from all over the Philippines. This event was key noted by the well-known "guru" Dr. Milagros D. Ibe, a Professor Emeritus of UP Diliman and presently the Graduate School Dean of Miriam College.

In this conference, papers on educational measurement and evaluation were presented and discussed. As this conference was organized primarily to re-unite all graduates of the Master of Science in Educational Measurement and Evaluation (MSEME) of De La Salle University, most of the paper presenters and workshop facilitators were graduates of MSEME.

One of the highlights of this conference is the organization of the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association (PEMEA). This organization was organized with the following purposes:

1. Promote standards in various areas of education through appropriate and proper assessment.
2. Provide technical assistance to educational institutions and process of attaining standards.
3. Enhance and maintain the proper practice of measurement and evaluation in both local and international level.
4. Enrich the theory, practice and research in evaluation and measurement in the Philippines.

Membership to this organization is open to all who are:

1. practitioners in the field of measurement, testing, assessment and evaluation,
2. scholars, researchers, and teachers that have direct and indirect experience in measurement and evaluation.
3. students that are engaged in educational measurement and evaluation.

An election was held for the first 11 Members of the Board of Trustees. There were 18 nominees.

The Founding Executive Officers of PEMEA are:

Chairman and President : Richard DLC. Gonzales, Ph.D. , UST Graduate School
Vice President : Neil O. Parinas, Ph.D. cand., DLS - College of Saint Benilde
Executive Secretary : Lina A. Miclat, Ph.D., DLS - College of Saint Benilde
Treasurer : Marife M. Mamauag, Ph.D. cand., DLS - College of Saint Benilde
External Relations Officer : Belen M. Chu, M.Sc., Philippine Academy of Sakya

The Members of the Board of Trustees of PEMEA are:

• Dennis Alonzo, MA, University of Southeastern Philippines
• Paz H. Diaz, Ph.D., Miriam College
• Ma. Lourdes M. Franco, M.Sc., Center for Educational Measurement
• Carlo P. Magno, Ph.D., De La Salle University - Manila
• Editha Y. Sillorequez, Ph.D., Western Visayas State University
• Jimelo Silvestre-Tipay, M.Sc., DLS - College of Saint Benilde