On the Cover: A Response Dominance Map to Visualize Cut Scores

Abstract

This issue's cover features one of the entries to the 2026 Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP) Cover Graphic/Data Visualization Competition. This graphic entitled “Response Dominance Map: Cut Scores for a Polytomously Scored Item Bank Based on Modal Category Transitions” was submitted by Enis Dogan of the National Center for Education Statistics and Burhan Ogut of the American Institutes for Research.