I was in a conversation with a colleague, telling her I was going to take some time off from work to paint the wall – a work instruction from my wife. There is no doubt that this colleague is a dedicated psychometrician because she recommended I paint a test characteristic curve (TCC) on the wall. I might do it if I opened my own consulting firm someday, but for now I would rather paint the cover on this issue.

This issue's cover features EM:IP with COVID‐19 created by myself.

Editor Deborah Harris conceived the idea for a special issue on the impact of Covid‐19 on the field of educational measurement. With Covid‐19 still going on, the articles in in this issue are timely. I hope this cover would help to tie together all these articles.

I created the graph using PowerPoint, a software most EM:IP readers should be familiar with. The font type I chose is CHILLER, which helps to express the horrific impact of Covid‐19. The images of the coronavirus spread to all four letters of EM:IP, signaling the impact on Education, on Measurement, on Issues, and on Practice.

The image I used for the coronavirus is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. The authors are Alissa Eckert, MS and Dan Higgins, MAM. The image can be found through this link: https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=23312.

I enjoyed creating this graph and plan to paint it on the wall. Well, my wife will not allow. On the wall or not, Covid‐19 will linger in our memory for quite a long time.

If you are interested in learning more about this cover, please contact me (zhongmin.cui@act.org). Any questions or suggestions on the cover in general are also welcome.

我正在与一位同事交谈，告诉她我将要下班休息以便粉刷墙壁-这是我妻子的工作指导。毫无疑问，这位同事是专门的心理测量师，因为她建议我在墙上画一个测试特征曲线（TCC）。如果有一天我开设自己的咨询公司，我可能会这样做，但就目前而言，我宁愿在这个问题上作封面。

本期的封面介绍了由我创建的带有COVID‐19的EM：IP。

编辑Deborah Harris构思了关于Covid-19对教育测量领域的影响的特刊的想法。随着Covid-19的继续进行，本期中的文章是及时的。我希望这份封面将有助于将所有这些文章联系在一起。

我使用PowerPoint创建了图形，PowerPoint是大多数EM：IP读者应该熟悉的软件。我选择的字体类型是CHILLER，它有助于表达Covid‐19的可怕影响。冠状病毒的图像传播到EM：IP的所有四个字母，表明对教育，衡量，问题和实践的影响。

我用于冠状病毒的图像是美国卫生和公共服务部下属的疾病控制与预防中心的工作，该照片是作为或作为雇员的公务执行的一部分而制成的。作为美国联邦政府的工作，该图像属于公共领域。作者是MS的Alissa Eckert和MAM的Dan Higgins。可以通过以下链接找到该图像：https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=23312。

我喜欢创建此图并计划将其绘制在墙上。好吧，我的妻子不允许。无论是否在墙上，Covid-19都会在我们的记忆中徘徊很长时间。

如果您有兴趣了解有关此封面的更多信息，请与我联系（zhongmin.cui@act.org）。一般情况下，也欢迎对封面有任何疑问或建议。