This white paper discusses the ways in which the current developments in the conceptualization of gender may influence psychological testing. This intersection between gender identity and psychological testing represents a neglected domain where more discussion and insight are needed (Rider et al., 2019), in order for assessment to continue to address key desiderata: soundness of interpretation, fairness, and equal opportunities for each test taker.

We acknowledge that this topic is ideologically loaded and may incite strong reactions. At the same time, we believe that the discussion is timely as this topic has not been discussed at large, let alone settled by the scientific community. The present paper is intended mostly as a preliminary “food for thought” approach, pinpointing some future directions for research and practice – and hopefully stirring up reactions and contributions from the general public, practitioner networks, researchers, and test developers, and of course test publishers

The paper discusses the following areas:

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