Socioculturally Responsive Assessment : Implications for Theory, Measurement, and Systems-Level Policy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Randy E, author.

Contributor:

Darling-Hammond, Linda.

Badrinarayan, Aneesha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culturally relevant pedagogy.

Education and state.

Educational evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (684 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

Socioculturally Responsive Assessment assembles the best-available thinking from within and outside the educational measurement community about the theoretical foundations and systems-level policy implications of formal assessment programs designed to be socioculturally responsive.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Socioculturally Responsive Assessment: An Introduction

Section I: Conceptualization

Overview

1 A Descriptive Review of Culturally Responsive, Socioculturally Responsive, and Related Assessment Conceptions

2 Implications of the Science of Learning and Development (SoLD) for Assessments in Education

3 Cultural Validity: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations for Socioculturally Responsive Assessment

4 Assessment for Social Justice with a Focus on American Indigenous Students

5 Transforming Educational Assessment: Implementing Equitable and Inclusive Strategies

Section II: Measurement Considerations and Approaches

6 Born Socioculturally Responsive Assessment: An Approach to Design and Development

7 Designing Socioculturally Responsive Assessments within the Mandated Bookends of K-12 Assessment Systems

8 Examining the Relationship between the Cultural Relevance of Text and Reading Proficiency: Using a Cultural Relevance Rubric in Reading Assessment

9 Linking Responsive Assessments: Challenges and Possibilities

10 An Evidentiary-Reasoning Lens for Socioculturally Responsive Assessment

Section III: Working Examples and System-Level Policy Implications

11 Accessibility as a Core Value for Locally Responsive Assessments

12 "A Search for My Voice": Socioculturally Responsive Assessment in AP Art and Design

13 Socioculturally Responsive Large-Scale Assessment: The Case of the 2026 NAEP Reading Framework

14 A Path to Transforming the Assessment Landscape

15 Enacting Socioculturally Responsive Assessment Design at Scale: Approaches and Policies for Large-Scale Systems

Section IV: Research Directions

Overview.

16 Group Differences across Scenario-Based Reading Assessments: Examining the Effects of Culturally Relevant Test Content

17 Socioculturally Responsive Post-secondary Entrance Examination: Implications for Equitable Assessment Design in Sub-Saharan Africa

18 Understanding UNDERSTANDardization Research

Conclusion

19 Socioculturally Responsive Assessment: Present and Future

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-04-036468-3

1-04-036473-X

OCLC:

1518284839