Equity and Inclusivity in Measurement Task Force​

Mission

To advance equitable and culturally responsive measurement practices, promoting inclusivity across diverse languages and cultures and bridging disparity gaps in diverse linguistic and racial/ethnic populations.

Vision

To establish a collaborative platform that fosters innovation in measurement, promoting fair and accurate assessments across cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Goals/Products

Membership Growth: Recruit a diverse range of members with an interest in cross-cultural measurement, linguistic appropriateness, cultural responsiveness, cultural equivalence of measures (measurement invariance and differential item functioning), and outcomes within diverse linguistic and racial/ethnic populations. Anticipated timeline: First 6 months of launching the task force: seeking guidance from other task forces regarding membership strategies and establishment of regular meetings, review of goals and timelines.

Needs Assessment: Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment survey among members of ACRM to identify key challenges and priorities in equitable measurement practices across cultures and languages. Anticipated Timeline: Year 1: Development of needs assessment survey. Year 2: Launching of survey and analysis of responses.

Collaborative Projects: Initiate at least one collaborative project to address measurement inequities in rehabilitation in collaboration with other ACRM interest groups and task forces. Anticipated Timeline: Begin by working on contributing to rehabilitation outcome measures database with properties of adapted/translated versions of measures. This will begin within 6 months of launching the task force and be an ongoing endeavor with periodic literature searches to keep up to date with new developments.

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