Screening for Biased Content in Instructional Materials
Channel: waOSPI
Date: 2020-12-03

This is an overview of the 2020 model screening tool to help school districts comply with Washington state nondiscrimination law that requires screening criteria to identify bias in instructional materials as part of any adopted instructional materials policy.

Download slides and screening tool: https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/74736

Screening for Biased Content – Tool Feedback: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6031687/SBC

OSPI Course Design and Instructional Materials Toolkit: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/learning-standards-instructional-materials/course-design-instructional-materials

Equity and Civil Rights – Reviewing Materials for Bias: https://www.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/resources-school-districts-civil-rights-washington-schools/reviewing-instructional-materials-bias

Photos by Allison Shelley for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action | CC BY NC https://deeperlearning4all.org/images/