Decolonizing Educational Assessment: Ontario Elementary Students and the EQAO

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This book examines the history of standardized testing in Ontario leading to the current context and its impact on racialized identities, particularly on Grade 3 students, parents, and educators. Using a theoretical argument supplemented with statistical trends, the author illuminates how EQAO tests are culturally and racially biased and promote a Eurocentric curriculum and way of life privileging white students and those from higher socio-economic status. This book spurs readers to further question the use of EQAO standardized testing and challenges us to consider alternative models which serve the needs of all students. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv My Spiritual Journey as an Educator (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 1-13 Elementary Standardized Testing on the Bubble: To Eliminate or Maintain? (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 15-26 Royal Commission on Learning and the Birth of EQAO and the Accountability Movement in Ontario (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 27-40 Inequality of Opportunity: Experiences of Racialized and Minoritized Students (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 41-63 Symbiotic Relationship Between Curriculum, Tyler Rationale, and EQAO Standardized Testing (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 65-75 EQAO Results and School Rankings (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 77-85 Understanding the Research Approach and the Data (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 87-115 Invisible Scars and Traumatizing Effects of Standardized Testing: Voices of Grade 3 Children, Parents, and Educators (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 117-173 External Assessment as Stereotyping (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 175-202 Decolonizing Educational Assessment Models (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 203-228 Back Matter ....Pages 229-255