Structured Subversion: Transforming Systems with Measures That Matter to Youth, Families, and Communities

• In Event: Disrupting Hierarchies, Co-Designing Futures: Community-Centered Visions for Education Research and Praxis

Abstract

This paper shares engaged research led by the Measures that Matter (MtM) Collaborative, a collective of community and university-based scholars and leaders who seek to understand how measurement can play a role in change-making towards liberatory, humanizing education both within formal systems and the broader ecosystems within which they exist (Safir & Dugan, 2021; Takahashi et al., 2025). This paper shares emerging findings from a series of participatory design sessions with educators, administrators, and racially minoritized communities to develop and use MtMs to transform relationships, aims, and daily educational practices.

Authors

• Rosa L. Rivera-McCutchen, Hunter College - CUNY

• Ann M. Ishimaru, University of Washington

• Adrienne C. Goss, Clark Atlanta University