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

Catherine Welch; Stephen Dunbar

doi:10.4324/9781003435105-10

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

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

Catherine Welch and Stephen Dunbar

Socioculturally Responsive Assessment, pp.144-167

Routledge

2025

DOI: 10.4324/9781003435105-10

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Abstract

This chapter presents concepts and examples to support an expanded view of test design and development that incorporates the principles of socioculturally responsive assessment (SCRA), while working within federal requirements of assessment systems for state and federal accountability. The principal objective is to articulate both challenges and possibilities that serve to advance fairness in the development and use of large-scale assessments.

Assessment Development

Personalization

State Accountability

Assessment Design

Federal Accountability

State Standards

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Title: Subtitle: Designing Socioculturally Responsive Assessments within the Mandated Bookends of K-12 Assessment Systems
Creators: Catherine Welch
Stephen Dunbar
Contributors: Randy E. Bennett (Editor)
Linda Darling-Hammond (Editor)
Aneesha Badrinarayan (Editor)
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Socioculturally Responsive Assessment, pp.144-167
Publisher: Routledge; New York, NY
DOI: 10.4324/9781003435105-10
Alternative title: Socioculturally Responsive Assessment
Language: English
Date published: 2025
Academic Unit: Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9984813176102771

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