ANet: Elevating Student Voice: Justice-Oriented Assessment Content
Joined 2023
Partners
What are we building?
Justice-oriented assessment items that:
Explicitly counter conventional negative stereotypes about marginalized groups
Highlight oppressive sociopolitical inequities and encourage reflection, understanding, and action
Offer students multiple ways to demonstrate learning and engage with content
A body of justice-oriented assessment content that is responsive to student identity, culture, and community
What are we learning?
Whether student engagement, motivation, and performance improve when assessments are designed with a justice-oriented lens
How students interact with and respond to culturally relevant and empowering assessment content
Products
A bank of justice-oriented content with accompanying assessments
Research findings on the impact of justice oriented assessment design on learning and engagement
Design principles for equity-centered formative and summative assessments