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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, SUMMER INTERNSHIPS, AND VISITING
SCHOLAR AWARDS

The ETS AWARDS PROGRAMS are designed to provide scholars and
students, at various stages of their careers, opportunities
to carry out independent research projects under the
mentorship of ETS senior researchers in a variety of fields.
Fields include: statistics, psychometrics, psychology,
psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, minority
issues, computer science, educational technology, policy
research, English as a second language, and testing issues
including alternate forms of assessment for special
populations, performance assessment, and other new forms of
assessment.

*Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students (up to 8
awards). Doctoral level students in this 8-week summer
internship program carry out independent research on a
project they select, as well as participate twice weekly in
workshops and seminars presented by ETS senior staff.

*The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (1 award). Scholars are
selected to conduct Independent research on a topic which is
described in the proposal they submit as part of the
application process.

*Test of English as a Foreign Language [TOEFL] Fellowship
Program (1 award).  A scholar will conduct independent
research in the area of English as a second or foreign
language.

*Center for Performance Assessment Fellowship Program (1
award). A scholar will conduct Independent research on
projects that examine the design of performance assessments;
the effective and equitable use of these assessments;
inferential issues related to performance assessments, and
the implications of performance assessment for teaching,
learning and school reform.

*The National Assessment for Educational Progress [NAEP]
Visiting Scholar Program (1 award). A senior scholar will
conduct independent research on important policy or
measurement issues affecting education and the efficiency of
NAEP. Studies focused on issues concerning the education of
minority students and studies that make use of the NAEP
database are especially encouraged.

The main selection criteria for each of these programs are
scholarship and suitability of the planned research for ETS.
A goal of each of these programs is to achieve an increase in
the number of women and minority researchers.

The postmark deadline for all applications is February 1, 1999.
Notification to applicants will be on or before April 1, 1999.

To request an application and/or further information,
contact: Linda J. DeLauro; ETS Fellowship Programs - (MS
16T); Princeton, NJ 08541. Email: ldelauro@ets.org; Internet:
http://www.ets.org/; Telephone: 609-734-1806 or 609-734-5949.


Linda J. DeLauro
ETS Fellowship Program Administrator
Statistics and Psychometrics Research
MS-16T
609-734-1806 (tel)
609-497-6032 (FAX)
ldelauro@ets.org

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