Building a Culturally Responsive Instruction Scale From an Observation Protocol (CRIOP)

• In Event: Topics in Contemporary Program Implementation, Evaluation, and Measurement

Abstract

This study presents a Culturally Responsive Instruction Scale, built from the Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP; Powell et al, 2017). The CRIOP is a tool for rating K-8 teachers’ culturally responsive instruction (CRI) using 24 indicators from six elements of CRI, namely classroom instruction assessment practices, instruction, critical consciousness, discourse, and family collaboration. The Rasch measurement model was employed to investigate the potential for building a scale from the observation data, which were previously analyzed with a classical test theory approach. Analyses demonstrated the CRIOP exhibits good individual item fit, item separation and reliability, with potential as a unidimensional scale. Implications for applying the Rasch model to improve the assessment of culturally responsive instruction are discussed.

Authors

• Shannon O. Sampson, University of Kentucky

• Katherine Leung Robershaw, Berea College

• Susan Cantrell, University of Kentucky