model fit statistics. Conducted a five-day workshop on Rasch measurement in Los Angeles at the first American Educational Research Association conference presession ever held; there were over 50 attendees, and Rasch gave the concluding lectures. 1977: Published early article introducing Rasch measurement innovations in educational measurement, cited 747 times according to Google Scholar as of 18 November 2019. 1979: Founds MESA Press and published the landmark Best Test Design with Mark Stone, cited 3,130 times according to Google Scholar as of 18 November 2019. Developed the concept of the KIDMAP and software for producing it in this period (1978–1982). The KIDMAP concept has subsequently been adopted in other fields as an intuitive way of presenting measurement results. 1980: Facilitated publication of Rasch's 1960 book by the University of Chicago Press. 1981: Organized and hosted the first International Objective Measurement Workshop. IOMW continues to be a forum for new developments in measurement theory and practice, with plans for the 20th meeting to be held at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2020. 1982: MESA Press published Rating Scale Analysis by Wright and Geofferey Masters, cited 4,049 times according to Google Scholar as of 18 November 2019. 1988: Co-founded the Rasch Measurement Special Interest Group in the American Educational Research Association with Richard M. Smith. Publication of Rasch Measurement Transactions begins, with Richard M. Smith as editor; volume 32, number 4, of this quarterly bulletin came out in late 2019. 1996: Added new features to software integrating principal components factor analysis with Rasch measurement in evaluation of unidimensionality of measures and model fit, on suggestion of John M. Linacre. 1996: Co-founded, with A. Jackson Stenner, the Institute for Objective Measurement and the http://www.Rasch.org web site; the latter continued to serve as a primary resource for information on Rasch measurement meetings, publications, software, consultants, etc. 2003: First conference celebrating Wright's lifetime career contributions, held at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. A selection of papers from this conference focusing on personal accounts from Wright's students and colleagues was published in 2017. 2009: Second conference celebrating Wright's work, also held at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and documented in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Measurement Awards Association of Test Publishers Career Recognition Award in Computer-Based Testing, 2001 Institute for Objective Measurement Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003 Publications About 200 journal articles – cited 231 times in 2009. 6 books and 19 monographs on measurement,