Cultural Validity as Gestion Cultural in Teacher Education: Toward Cultural Assessment

• In Event: La Gestión cultural, sus posibilidades en la formación universitaria y la investigación

Abstract

Understanding the systematic structures in place to assess bilingual students in Spanish is one of the areas bilingual preservice teachers desperately need. Most teachers lack the proper preparation, expertise and previous experience with assessments used in schools today. Their understanding of how Spanish language proficiency assessments are used in schools to place, monitor, and exit bilingual students is an area where universities with bilingual education programs must invest time in order to prepare their bilingual teacher candidates to enter the field.

Authors

• Margarita Machado-Casas, San Diego State University

• Katherine Espinoza, Texas A&M University-San Antonio