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Culturally Responsive Assessment in Classrooms and Large-Scale Contexts: Theory, Research, and Practice

Sun, April 14, 1:15 to 2:45pm, Convention Center, Floor: First, 124

Session Type: Organized Discussion

Abstract

This invited session describes how a culturally responsive lens shapes assessment purpose, design, implementation, use, and validation. The panelists will introduce an NCME volume that explores the conceptual foundations and implications of culturally responsive assessment in K-12 large-scale and classroom contexts. Editors will provide an overview of the book's purpose, organization, and contributors. Scholars, who serve as discussants within the book, will provide an overview of each section of the book and their perspectives about the themes and ideas in the given section. Questions relevant to the discussion include:
• What is culturally responsive assessment, why is it important and needed?
• What foundations of current assessment practice and shape contemporary assessment design, implementation, use, and validation practices?
• What practices and conceptual foundations will need to change (or be adjusted) to yield assessment tools and processes that are culturally responsive?
• How will culturally responsive assessment differ in K-12 large-scale versus classroom assessment contexts?
The goals for the session are to provide current perspectives on culturally responsive assessment and to prompt discussion among the panelists and the audience about how measurement and assessment must change to better align with a pluralistic and multicultural society.

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