Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

EM:IP is edited by Dr. Zhongmin Cui and published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  See Journal Overview and Author Guidelines for more information.

EM:IP is a quarterly publication that is aimed at practitioners and users of tests, as well as professional educators, legislators, school personnel, and interested citizens. Its primary purpose is to promote a better understanding of educational measurement and to encourage reasoned debate on current issues of practical importance to educators and the public. EM:IP also provides one means of communication among NCME members and between NCME members and others concerned with educational measurement issues and practices.

The 2024 EM:IP Cover Graphic/Data Visualization Competition

We are delighted to announce the 11th Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) Cover Graphic/Data Visualization Competition! We hope you enjoyed reading about the winning submissions in previous EM:IP issues. We are searching for graphical representations of data that can convey a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand message. Your entry could be featured on the cover of a future issue!

Click here for the detailed 2024 call for submissions.

Winning Entries

The winning submission(s) will be printed on a future cover of an EM:IP issue. Other strong submissions may be published online or saved for future issues. You may re-submit an entry from a previous year’s competition. Submissions are due by 5:00 pm PST on Monday, March 4, 2024. We will announce the winner(s) at the 2024 NCME Annual Meeting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Can Submit?

• Any NCME members
• Submissions can be created by individuals or groups of individuals

What to Submit?

• (1) A title document including:
  • Title of graphic/data visualization
  • List of submitters’ names and affiliations
  • Contact information of the corresponding author
• (2) A stand-alone graphic in a common graphic format (e.g., PNG, JPEG, etc.)
  • Please note that the graphic cannot have been previously published anywhere else.
  • For a sampling of previous submissions, check out the Cover Gallery.
• (3) A main document in the format of either Word or PDF including:
  • Title of the graphic/data visualization
  • A one-sentence caption of the graphic
  • The graphic
  • Short description (300 words max) of the graphic. (See previous issues’ On the Cover editorials for examples, which can be found through the Cover Gallery link.)
  • The main document will be sent out for review and should not include any author identification information.

How to Submit?

• Email entries directly to the EM:IP Visual Editor at yuan-ling.liaw@iea-hamburg.de.

Who Will Review the Submissions and Select the Winner(s)?

• The EM:IP Editorial Board
• Winners will be selected based on the following criteria:
  • Originality of graphic,
  • Visual appeal of graphic,
  • Extent graphic stands alone and tell its own story,
  • Extent graphic relates to educational measurement and policy issues and/or provides a novel visual tool to use in practice, and
  • Extent description is clear and provides thoughtful analysis of the figure.

Questions?

Contact the Editor in Chief:

Dr. Zhongmin Cui
(zhongmin.cui@cfainstitute.org)