Toward a Theory of Socioculturally Responsive Assessment

Bennett, Randy Elliot

doi:10.1080/10627197.2023.2202312

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“…CRAs are supposed to increase motivation and engagement for all examinees (Hood, 1998) and are de-biased versions of standardized assessments (Dobrescu et al, 2021). Bennett (2023) recommended socioculturally responsive assessments (that are a type of CRAs) as a reasonable direction for exploration in response to the growing opposition of standardized assessments. Sireci (2020) stated that CRAs may ensure sufficient flexibility in standardized testing conditions to yield the most accurate measurement of proficiency for each examinee.…”

Section: Culturally Responsive Assessmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3 In the remaining of this paper, CRA would refer to only this type and "various versions of a CRA" would refer to various versions (of a CRA) each of which is aligned to the cultural context of one cultural group. Dobrescu et al ( 2021) also used the term CRA to mean the second type of CRA mentioned by Bennett (2023).…”

Section: Culturally Responsive Assessmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are several types of assessments that are conceptually similar to CRAs. They include antiracist assessment, socioculturally responsive assessment, culturally sensitive assessment, culturally relevant assessment, culturally sustaining assessment, and culturally and socially responsive assessment (e.g., Bennett, 2023;O'Dwyer et al, 2023;Randall, 2021Randall, , 2023Taylor, 2022). All of these assessments are designed to be appropriate to the sociocultural, background, and other relevant characteristics of individuals and the contexts from which they come.…”

Section: Culturally Responsive Assessmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such an extension would involve ideas from IRT models that allow examinee choice (e.g., Liu & Wang, 2017). Finally, we considered only one of three types of CRA mentioned in Bennett (2023)-extension of our work to the other two types is a potential area of future research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Standardized assessments are widely used in various contexts including education, psychology, and medicine (e.g., Government Accountability Office, 2013). However, these assessments have been criticized for perpetuating social injustice through their content, design, and use (e.g., Bennett, 2023;Hood, 1998;Kendi, 2019;Randall, 2021Randall, , 2023Sireci, 2020;Taylor, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Computation and Accuracy Evaluation of Comparable Scores on Culturally Responsive Assessments

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Johnson

2023

J Educational Measurement

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Culturally responsive assessments have been proposed as potential tools to ensure equity and fairness for examinees from all backgrounds including those from traditionally underserved or minoritized groups. However, these assessments are relatively new and, with few exceptions, are yet to be implemented in large scale. Consequently, there is a lack of guidance on how data on how one can compute comparable scores on various versions of these assessments. In this paper, the multigroup multidimensional Rasch model is repurposed for modeling data originating from various versions of a culturally responsive assessment and for analyzing such data to compute comparable scores. Two simulation studies are performed to evaluate the performance of the model for data simulated from hypothetical culturally responsive assessments and to find the conditions under which the computed scores are accurate. Recommendations are made for measurement practitioners interested in culturally responsive assessments.

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