Insights in Assessment, Testing & Applied Measurement: 2026

As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, the field of education plays a more crucial role in understanding the contemporary world than ever before. Analyzing the role of education in leading and driving change through policy, practice, and constant innovation for a more inclusive education, whether it being educating students or teachers, is crucial in the development of new and improved education systems worldwide.To this end, Frontiers in Education is organizing a series of Research Topics to highlight the latest advancements in the field. This editorial initiative, led by Dr. Prof. Gavin Brown, Specialty Chief Editor of the Assessment, Testing and Applied Measurement section, and Dr. Lan Yang, Dr. Mustafa Asil, and Dr. Wei Shin Leong, is focused on new insights, novel developments, current challenges, recent advances, and future perspectives in the field of assessment in education.The Research Topic solicits brief, forward-looking contributions from editorial board members and other researchers active in the field, whether describing the state of the art or highlighting the changes needed to move it forward. Rather than new empirical studies, we welcome your opinion or perspective on where educational assessment, testing, and applied measurement theories and methods have come from and where they might be or should be going.The goal of this special edition Research Topic is to shed light on the progress made in the past decade in the assessment, testing and applied measurement field and on its future challenges to provide a thorough overview of the state of the art of the assessment, testing and applied measurement field. This article collection will inspire, inform, and provide direction and guidance to researchers in the field. Topic editors: Gavin T L Brown, Lan YANG, Mustafa Asil, Wei Shin Leong Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/83876/insights-in-assessment-testing-applied-measurement-2026