Culturally and socially responsible assessment: theory, research, and practice

1. Theoretical Perspectives on Assessment in Diverse Classrooms. Diversity in Schools ; What Is Assessment? ; Validity Theory and Fair Assessment ; The State of Classroom Assessment Practices ; Improving the Validity of Classroom Assessment for Diverse Learners ; Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and the Validity of Classroom Assessment ; Communities of Practice and the Validity of Classroom Assessment Practices ; Where Do We Go From Here?

2. Bias and Sensitivity Issues in Classroom Assessment. What Is Bias in Assessment? ; Impact of Teacher Attitudes and Beliefs on Formal and Informal Assessment of Students ; Bias in Students, Scores on Tests and Other Assignments ; Strategies for Minimizing Cultural, Racial, Gender, and Language Bias in Large-Scale Tests ; Potential for Bias in Computer-Administered Tests ; Potential for Bias in Published Classroom Assessments ; Minimizing Bias in Classroom Assessments ; The Role of Community in Reducing Bias in Assessment ; Conclusion

3. Culturally Relevant and Socially Responsive Assessment. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy ; Culturally Responsive Pedagogy ; Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy ; Summary of Culturally Relevant, Responsive, and Sustaining Pedagogy ; Culturally and Socially Responsive Assessment ; Developing Culturally and Socially Responsive Assessment Tools ; Culturally and Socially Responsive Assessment: Last Thoughts

4. Student Engagement and Assessment. Student Engagement: A Review of Research ; Factors That Improve Engagement of Students ; Strategies for Increasing Student Engagement During Assessment Events ; The Challenges of Making Assessment Engaging for All Students

5. A Situative Perspective on Assessment in Diverse Classrooms. A Situative Perspective ; Implications of a Situative Perspective on Classroom Assessment Practices ; Communities of Practice and Culturally Responsive Assessment ; Summary

6. Developing Assessments for Diverse Classrooms. Development of Culturally and Socially Responsive Assessment Tools ; Unpacking Standards for Relevant and Responsive Assessment ; Models for Culturally and Socially Responsible Reading Assessment ; Culturally and Socially Relevant Assessment in Social Studies ; Culturally and Socially Relevant Assessment in the Sciences ; The Challenge for Culturally and Socially Relevant and Responsive Mathematics Assessment ; Books by Authors With Diverse Cultural and Social Identities to Support Reading and Social Studies Assessment ; Concluding Remarks

7. Resources and Tools. Working in Communities of Practice to Examine Published and Teacher-Developed Classroom Assessments ; Resources for Teacher Learning Through Books About Assessment, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, and Multicultural Education.