In 2005, the Research Centre of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) held the first Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS). Since then, PROMS has been held in other regions of the Pacific Rim: Hong Kong (2006), Taiwan (2007), Tokyo (2008), and again recently in Hong Kong in 2009. We are pleased to announce that PROMS 2010 has come home to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is hosted by the Institute of Education, IIUM.

PROMS 2010 KL, as with the previous PROMS, focuses on recent advances of objective measurement. It aims to provide an international forum for discourse on the latest research in using Rasch measurement as a tool for scientific progress. It is our pleasure to invite you to join PROMS panel of distinguished researchers and other practitioners to share their expertise and your experiences in objective measurement.

Unlike the other PROMS meetings, PROMS 2010 KL also invites paper/poster presentations on various issues utilizing other methodologies and approaches to measurement. Parallel sessions for these non Rasch-based papers have been arranged to encourage greater participation from the academic and research community.

PROMS 2010 KL is especially beneficial to postgraduate students and researchers who seek to use the Rasch Measurement Model in their research as experts from the Pacific Rim, Europe, and the United States make it a point to convene at PROMS meetings. Pre-conference and post-conference workshops on Rasch Measurement software applications and special topics will also be given by experts in the field.