A Conversation about Rebuilding Pathways to Educational Measurement

Session Type: Organized Discussion

Abstract

The pathway from college to careers is changing rapidly, including the educational measurement pathway. For decades we have seen a slow decline in measurement graduate program enrollments. With a quickening pace in this trend over the last few years, and current professionals leaving traditional measurement positions, there is a need to consider what steps need to be taken to support the field in growing. The Educators of Measurement SIGIMIE spent the year gathering information on these issues. The session brings together a panel of diverse viewpoints to engage in conversation with the audience about how to build sustainable efforts for recruiting and retaining future measurement professionals. We will present what we have learned from the last year and pose questions to the audience via text message and our panel to cover a variety of topics on this issue. The conversation will lay the foundation for recommendations for next steps with NCME and our educational and industry partners.

Sub Unit

• Individual Papers, Innovation Demonstrations, Coordinated Sessions, or Organized Discussions

Session Organizer

• Deborah Harris, University of Iowa

Presenters

• A. Corinne Huggins-Manley, University of Florida

• Brian French, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

• Justin L. Kern, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign