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Cultural Validity in Assessment: Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

By Elise Trumbull , María del Rosario Basterra , Guillermo Solano-Flores

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2010
ISBN
0415999790, 9780415999793
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1774171 bytes)
Series
Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
Edition
1
Pages
320\317
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2015-11-07 04:05:48
Психологические дисциплины;Педагогическая психолог

Description

What is assessment and how is it a cultural practice? How does failure to account for linguistic and cultural variation among students jeopardize assessment validity? What is required to achieve cultural validity in assessment? This resource for practicing and prospective teachers – as well as others concerned with fair and valid assessment – provides a thorough grounding in relevant theory, research, and practice. The book lays out criteria for culturally valid assessment and recommends specific strategies that teachers can use to design and implement culturally valid classroom assessments. Assessment plays a powerful role in the process of education in the US and has a disproportionately negative impact on students who do not come from mainstream, middle-class backgrounds. Given the significance of testing in education today, cultural validity in assessment is an urgent issue facing educators. This book is essential reading for addressing this important, relevant topic.

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