Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Our validity looks like justice. Does yours? |
| Authors: |
Randall, Jennifer1 jennrand@umich.edu, Poe, Mya2, Slomp, David3, Oliveri, Maria Elena4 |
| Source: |
Language Testing. Jan2024, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p203-219. 17p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Language ability testing, *Educational evaluation, White supremacy, Anti-racism, Quantitative research |
| Abstract: |
Educational assessments, from kindergarden to 12th grade (K-12) to licensure, have a long, well-documented history of oppression and marginalization. In this paper, we (the authors) ask the field of educational assessment/measurement to actively disrupt the White supremacist and racist logics that fuel this marginalization and re-orient itself toward assessment justice. We describe how a justice-oriented, antiracist validity (JAV) approach to validation processes can support assessment justice efforts, specifically with respect to language assessment. Relying on antiracist principles and critical quantitative methodologies, a JAV approach proposes a set of critical questions to consider when gathering validity evidence, with potential utility for language testers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
