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The Role of Culturally Responsive Assessment in Culturally Responsive Curriculum

The Role of Culturally Responsive Assessment in Culturally Responsive Curriculum
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Author(s): Natasha A. Jankowski (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)and Gianina Baker (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 14
Source title: Developing Culturally Responsive Curriculum in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rick Rantz (Allan Hancock College, USA)and LeeAnne McNulty (Allan Hancock College, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-2955-0.ch023

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Abstract

Culturally responsive curriculum is a necessary piece of an equitable and inclusive educational experience for diverse student populations. Yet, an oft under-examined element of a culturally responsive curriculum is the role played by assessment to humanize, reinforce, and integrate the lived experience of students into the system by which their knowledge, skills, and abilities are judged. This chapter focuses on how culturally responsive assessment can support culturally responsive curriculum through a twofold focus on student engagement and student choice in how their learning is evaluated. Lastly, the chapter argues that culturally responsive assessment may also provide a means to help educators address past learning trauma of students transitioning from Pre-K through 12th grades into postsecondary education.

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