Help Shape the Next Chapter of EM:IP
Call for Nominations for Editor-in-Chief
For more than forty years, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) has helped connect the scholarship of educational measurement with the questions, challenges, and decisions that matter in practice.
Published by NCME, EM:IP reaches a broad community—including measurement professionals in industry and academia, educators and policymakers, researchers and analysts, credentialing organizations, and others interested in the use of assessment. Articles are published on a rolling basis once accepted and finalized, allowing new work to reach readers quickly, and are subsequently collected into quarterly issues. The journal provides a forum for timely scholarship, thoughtful debate, practical applications, and big-picture perspectives on issues affecting educational measurement.
NCME is now seeking the next Editor-in-Chief of EM:IP—someone interested in helping shape those conversations and guide the journal through its next chapter.
What Does the Editor-in-Chief Do?
Shape the conversations that matter.
The Editor-in-Chief provides intellectual and editorial leadership for EM:IP. The Editor-in-Chief oversees the peer-review process, works with Associate Editors and reviewers, makes final decisions on manuscripts, and helps establish priorities and direction for the journal.
Just as importantly, the Editor-in-Chief has an opportunity to think proactively about the conversations EM:IP should be fostering: What emerging issues deserve greater attention? Where can measurement scholarship better inform practice? Which perspectives should be brought into conversation with one another?
The Editor-inChief may solicit manuscripts and other contributions and has the opportunity to develop a special issue on a topic of their choosing.
A Collaborative Editorial Team
The Editor-in-Chief appoints and works closely with a team of Associate Editors, who help manage manuscripts, synthesize reviewer feedback, and recommend editorial decisions.
The EIC may also appoint members of the EM:IP Editorial Board, drawing on a network of scholars and practitioners who provide thoughtful and timely reviews.
Administrative support is available through a small stipend associated with the position.
Who Should Consider Applying?
Perhaps you!
There are no rigid prerequisites for serving as Editor-in-Chief. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of educational measurement, good editorial judgment, and a compelling vision for EM:IP.
Because of the journal’s focus, experience with applied assessment and measurement issues is particularly valuable. Prior editorial experience—as an Editorial Board member, Associate Editor, Editor, or in a comparable scholarly role—is also desirable.
Just as important is an interest in EM:IP’s distinctive mission: making consequential issues in educational measurement accessible and useful to a broad professional audience while creating space for informed discussion and debate.
We recognize that the role requires sustained engagement over time, and applicants are encouraged to consider whether they have the capacity to devote the time and attention necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief alongside their other professional commitments.
We encourage applications from individuals representing the range of professional settings and perspectives that make up the NCME community.
Interested? Here’s How to Apply
Please send:
- your curriculum vitae;
- a cover letter (3 pages maximum) describing your relevant experience and your vision for EM:IP; and
- (Optional) Letters of recommendation are welcome but not required.
Application materials should be sent to Christopher Runyon and Fusun Sahin, Co-Chairs of the NCME Publications Committee, at ncmepubs@gmail.com.
Applications are due Sunday, November 15, 2026.
Appointment is expected in late 2026 or early 2027. The incoming Editor-in-Chief will shadow the current Editor-in-Chief throughout 2027 before beginning a three-year term in January 2028.
Whether you have been thinking about journal leadership for years—or this call has just made you think, Hmm, maybe I could do that—we hope you’ll consider applying.