Report Uncovers Gender and Racial Inequities in Professional Educational Measurement Field

A new report has analyzed the current state of gender and racial equity in the professional field of educational measurement. The “State of the Field” report is a collaborative initiative between the American Educational Research Association, the National Council on Measurement in Education, and Women in Measurement. For their study, the research team asked a sample of over 1,200 professionals in the educational measurement field about their employment factors, including their salaries and their specific job titles. The survey found that White men had the highest median salary range of $130,000 to $149,999, compared to White women, men of color, and women of color, who all had a median range of $90,000 to $109,999. In the academic sector, White men were the most likely to hold senior ranking faculty positions such as full professor. Women of color were the least likely to be full professors, and no women of color in the study’s sample held emeritus or distinguished professor titles. Similar inequities were seen in industries outside of academia. About 9 percent of White male respondents were chief executive officers, compared to 3 percent of White women and 1 percent of women of color. Out of all survey respondents, no...