Measuring Equity: How Do We Measure Equity in Schools at Scale?

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

In order to create equitable education systems, we must have ways of measuring equity effectively. Education research has historically measured equity in terms of parity of outcomes (equity in achievement levels, test scores, graduation rates, etc.) However, more recently scholars have shifted the focus beyond outcomes to inequities in inputs, including inputs at multiple levels, including the classroom, teacher practices, and school practices and policies. Establishing measures of equity (at scale) that get at these inputs in rigorous and reliable ways are essential to providing a high quality education, rigorous teaching and learning experiences, and environments that promote safety and well-being. This session explores key questions and tensions with respect to how we could measure equity in ways that are aligned with a forward-looking vision of education systems and possibility.  

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Andrew Ho, Harvard University

Panelists

• Jeffrey M.R. Duncan-Andrade, San Francisco State University

• Constance A. Lindsay, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• Elizabeth Tipton, Northwestern University