Questions About Culture and Assessment

Purposes:

1. To expand awareness of cultural factors that affect students' ability to clearly demonstrate their learning during alternative assessments and our ability to interpret the quality of their work

2. To reflect on and discuss questions that are sometimes given little attention in assessment planning

Uses:

This is an awareness level activity that can be used in Chapter 1 to illustrate potential sources of bias and distortion, or in Chapter 3 as an opener for a much deeper examination of the interaction of culture, language, and assessment. (more...)