[CAUSE] CAUSE Research Reading Group 2023 will begin on Wednesday, February 1st

Dear all, Happy & Healthy 2023/ Year of the Rabbit! I hope the year has started well for you. As mentioned in Megan’s previous email, we are excited to keep the CAUSE Research Reading Group going this year. We will focus on four topics/themes this year each of which will last about three months, with two meetings per month. Megan and I have selected several possible articles for each topic, but we would appreciate it if interested participants could also suggest and bring in other articles that fit each theme (especially those that they would like to read and discuss with the others). Big thanks to those who responded to our survey last month. According to the received inputs, the top four chosen topics are: - Assessment in Statistics Education (29) - Data Science Education (23) - Reasoning about data (23) - Frameworks in Statistics and Data Science (21) We will meet on the *first & third Wednesday* of the month at 2-3PM ET/ 11AM-12PM PT during the *Spring 2023*. We will begin with the topic “*Assessment in Statistics Education*”, and the first article we will read is: *Sabbag, A. G., Garfield, J., & Zieffler, A. (2015). Quality Assessments in Statistics Education: A Focus on the GOALS Instrument. In Advances in Statistics Education: Developments, Experiences, and Assessments. Proceedings of the Satellite Conference of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). MA Sorto, available@ https://iase-web.org/documents/papers/sat2015/IASE2015%20Satellite%2041_SAB… <https://iase-web.org/documents/papers/sat2015/IASE2015%20Satellite%2041_SABBAG.pdf>* Our first meeting will be at *2 pm ET *(1 pm CT, noon MT, 11 am PT) on *Wednesday*, *February 1st, 2023*. Zoom: Register in advance for this meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuf-yprDsjHdewdCr3wc8wqfCbMMconDPx After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. You can find the complete schedule for the next three months February - April (under this topic) here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JgQWdNAdRMsdVEHfpiAdppiWmaRFZul2NEUPO4hkeRs/edit?pli=1>. Like last year, we are inviting and strongly encouraging interested participants to *host* one article or two of their own choice in the new year. Many of our past hosts (including ourselves) found this a very valuable experience, so please consider hosting a meeting for the group. As the host, you can choose one of the suggested articles on the list *OR bring/suggest an article related to this topic that you would like to discuss with the group,* and propose 4 to 5 questions to get the conversation started from the article you pick. Please don’t hesitate to let me or Megan know if you have any questions about hosting a session or participating in this reading group. Don’t worry if you didn’t attend our meetings last year. All meetings are independent from each other, so please join us if you are interested. *All are welcome!* Look forward to seeing you on February 1st! Shu-Min and Megan