AERA Division D International Committee Invited Session. Overcoming Measurement Challenges: An International Perspective

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Across the globe, diverse social class and cultural structures interact with education and other social justice issues to affect our ability to fully educate and assess students. In this symposium, assessment challenges confronted in different international settings are presented, and actions taken to mitigate these challenges are discussed. One presentation describes assessing the education of refugee students in Bangladesh; a second presentation describes how the College Board pivoted to administer AP exams to students during the COVID-19 pandemic; a third focuses on providing culture-free assessment in Mexico; and a fourth addresses university assessment practices in Ethiopia. Discussion will focus on how colleagues around the world deal with important low- and high-stakes testing needs to accomplish assessment, certification, and evaluation goals.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Measurement and Research Methodology

Papers

• How Can We Best Support Education and Assessment of Refugees? - Fatima Zahra, New York University

• Pivoting in a Pandemic: How the College Board Made Advanced Placement Testing Possible During COVID-19 - Allison Thurber, The College Board

• The Challenge to Measure Fairly Across Culturally Diverse Populations in Mexico - Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa, Universidad Iberoamericana

• Student Assessment in Ethiopian Universities: An Exploration of Conceptions and Practices - Seleshi Zeleke, Addis Ababa University; Kassahun Habtamu, Addis Ababa University; Yekoyealem D. Kebede, Addis Ababa University

Discussant

• Fernanda Gándara, School-to-School International

Moderator

• Stephen G. Sireci, University of Massachusetts - Amherst