In this article, we present the findings of an oral history project on the past, present, and future of psychometrics, as obtained through structured interviews with twenty past Psychometric Society presidents. Perspectives on how psychometrics should be practiced vary strongly. Some presidents are psychology-oriented, whereas others have a more mathematical or statistical approach. The originally strong relationship between psychometrics and psychology has weakened, and contemporary psychometrics has become a diverse and multifaceted discipline. The presidents are confident psychometrics will continue to be relevant but believe psychometrics needs to become better at selling its strong points to relevant research areas. We recommend for psychometrics to cherish its plurality and make its goals and priorities explicit.

在这篇文章中，我们展示了一个关于心理测量学过去、现在和未来的口述历史项目的发现，这些结果是通过对 20 位心理测量学会前任主席的结构化访谈获得的。关于如何实践心理测量学的观点差异很大。一些总统以心理学为导向，而另一些总统则有更多的数学或统计方法。心理测量学与心理学原本牢固的联系减弱了，当代心理测量学已成为一门多元化、多面的学科。总统们相信心理测量学将继续具有相关性，但认为心理测量学需要更好地向相关研究领域推销其优势。我们建议心理测量学珍惜其多元化，并明确其目标和优先事项。