Understanding Educators' Perceptions of Ethics Issues in Assessment Through Ethics Disposition

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 12
  In Poster Session: Advancements, Issues, and Considerations in Classroom Assessment

Abstract

More research is needed to understand the nature of ethics issues in assessment. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between educators’ membership of ethics disposition and educators’ perceptions of ethicality on classroom assessment practices. Explanatory sequential mixed method was used. Participants (N=406) were asked complete a survey with close and open-ended questions. The logistic regression results indicated that individuals’ ethics dispositions were related to ethics decisions of multiple classroom assessment practices. The study will help us gain a deeper understanding of why educators make different ethical decisions in classroom assessment practices. This is of importance for educators who are faced with ethics issues in assessment to conduct assessment procedures that produce the best learning outcomes.

Authors

• Jin Liu, University of South Carolina - Columbia

• Ruiqin Gao, University of South Carolina - Columbia

• Robert L. Johnson, University of South Carolina

• Aisha Haynes, University of South Carolina - Columbia