Assessment & Evaluation

Sameness isn't Fairness

Differentiating triangulation means shifting the balance of observations, conversations, and products to meet the needs of each student. The lived experience and cultural reference points of a student have given them specific learning strengths and shape the way they receive and interpret assessment opportunities. It is important to provide students with opportunities to share their learning in a variety of ways that accesses their strengths. This means that the distribution of assessment through observations, conversations, and products will be unique for each student.

Justice is the Goal

Providing supports and removing barriers are essential components of equitable and culturally relevant and responsive assessment & evaluation. The supports that are put in place create equity among our student and the removal of barriers allows all to succeed as they are.

5 in 5: 5 Barriers in Assessment

5 barriers in Assessment and Evaluation that need to dismantled and disrupted.

The Journey from Curriculum to Evaluation

A student's lived experience and cultural reference points has an impact on how they receive and interpret learning and assessment activities. It is important to understand our cultural reference points and lived experiences and our student's cultural reference points and lived experiences in order to minimize the opacity of the cultural filter that exists between curriculum and learning activities and assessment and evaluation activities. The transparency of the cultural filters represented in this diagram can be increased through reshaping the curriculum, designing learning activities that are culturally relevant and responsive, and designing assessment tools and practices that are culturally responsive.

Characteristics of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

These six characteristics, when applied to our teaching practice reshape the way the we build learning experiences and assess student learning.

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