Doing Critical Quantitative Research: Methodological Commitments to Equity and Justice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Despite growing advocacy for critical theories in quantitative research, guidance on enacting them methodologically remains limited. This symposium answers that call, presenting four studies that advance critical quantitative (CritQuant) and quantitative critical race theory (QuantCrit) methods in response to political attacks on equity, cuts to national data systems, and white-centered research norms. The studies explore intersectional validation of high-stakes assessments, person-oriented modeling of STEM access, critical guidelines for secondary data use, and methodological standards for publishing QuantCrit research. Together, they move the field from “why” to “how,” providing researchers with concrete methodological tools to conduct justice-oriented quantitative inquiry.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Quantitative Methodologies

Chair

• Frank Fernandez, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• A Critical Re-Examination of Fairness on Massachusetts’s High-Stakes Assessment and Graduation - John Wang, University of Virginia; Wendy Castillo, Montclair State University

• Critical Quantitative Scholarship: Learning from Complex Interactions through a Person-Oriented Lens - Hyun Kyoung Ro, Korea University; Bora Lee, Korea University

• Critical Possibilities: Interdisciplinary Recommendations on Using Secondary Data in Education for Social Justice - Rachel L. Renbarger, FHI 360

• From Doing to Publishing QuantCrit: Perspectives on Peer Review Standards for Intersectionality and Quantitative Research - Frank Fernandez, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Session Organizer

• Hyun Kyoung Ro, Korea University

Discussant

• Hyun Kyoung Ro, Korea University