Fall 2026, Volume 36, No. 2

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• Abstracts and Updates, by George Gray- In Abstracts and Updates, George Gray surveys recent scholarship and resources across measurement and professional regulation, including licensure examination performance, artificial intelligence, healthcare compliance, and emerging regulatory approaches.
• Legal Beat, by Dale Atkinson- Dale Atkinson examines Alameda v. Association of Social Work Boards, a challenge to social work licensure examinations under federal and state discrimination laws and an important decision concerning the relationship between licensure, employment, and examination outcomes.
• Recent CLEAR Quick Poll Results, by Carla Caro- CLEAR’s latest Quick Poll results explore how organizations choose between on-demand testing and defined testing windows, as well as the emerging use of AI in exam content and item development.
• Examinations in Practice - AI-Assisted Distractor Revision: A Practical Approach to Item Maintenance, by Sarah Wennik and Brianna Gillespie- This issue introduces Examinations in Practice, featuring practical approaches to examination development and administration. Featured this issue is an article about using AI to support the revision of non-performing multiple choice distractors. The discussion explores workflow design, efficiency, and lessons learned while emphasizing the continued importance of subject matter expert review and human judgment.
• Regulation in Practice - Framework Drift: Sequential Bias Contamination and the Challenge of Right-Touch Regulation, by Ryan DeLuca- Building on his Spring 2026 article, “Sequential Bias Contamination in Regulatory Investigations: An Overlooked Risk,” which examined how interpretive bias can accumulate as a case moves through multiple stages of a regulatory investigation, DeLuca's follow-up, “Framework Drift: Sequential Bias Contamination and the Challenge of Right-Touch Regulation,” extends that discussion to consider how accumulated assumptions can influence later assessments of risk and proportionality and how deliberate reassessment can help keep regulatory intervention aligned with current evidence.
• AI at the Crossroads: Global Governance, Regulatory Sovereignty, and Human-Centered Professional Oversight- This feature article, by Candice Alder, considers emerging approaches to AI governance and how professional regulators can apply principles of transparency, fairness, privacy, and human oversight while preserving jurisdictional authority and accountability.
• Regulatory Amalgamation in Practice: The Experience of British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives- This feature article, by Sara Mortaz Hejri, Johanna Ward, Louise Aerts, and Cynthia Johansen, provides a case study of the multi-stage consolidation of British Columbia’s nursing and midwifery regulators. Drawing on that experience, the authors identify lessons related to change management, organizational culture, communication, representation, and the practical complexities of bringing distinct regulatory organizations together.

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