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The Psychometric Society will hold its 76th Annual conference at The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong. The conference will be held July 18th through 22nd, 2011, with pre-conference workshops occurring on Monday, July 18th and the main meeting program beginning on Tuesday, July 19th.

The Psychometric Society is an international nonprofit professional organization devoted to the advancement of quantitative measurement practices in psychology, education, and the social sciences. The Society publishes the journal Psychometrika, which contains articles on the development of quantitative models of psychological phenomena, as well as statistical methods and mathematical techniques for the evaluation of psychological and educational data.

The Hong Kong Institute of Education  was  established in 1994 with a heritage of 70 years of teacher training dating to the former colleges of education, It is the only University Grants Committee funded institution dedicated solely to professional teacher education in Hong Kong. It provides doctoral, master and undergraduate degrees, post-graduate diplomas, certificate courses and a range of in-service programmes to around 7,000 pre-service students and serving teachers.

The Assessment Research Centre at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, under the leadership of Professor Wang Wen Chung, has an enviable record in promoting psychometrics not only in China but throughout the whole Asia Pacific region.