Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Resource Guide For Speech-Language Pathologists (Singular Resource Guide Series)
by María del Rosario Basterra, Elise Trumbull, Guillermo Solano Flores
Category: Education

The book lays out criteria for culturally valid assessment and recommends specific strategies that teachers can use to design and implement culturally valid classroom assessments. Cultural Validity in Assessment: Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: Explores the role of culture and language in assessment, not only as it relates to English language learners but to all students Gives teachers the necessary tools to develop a thorough understanding of cultural validity in assessment as well as practical knowledge of ways to maximize cultural validity in classroom assessment Examines every step in the assessment process, from assessment selection and design to administration, scoring, and score interpretation, with a view to identifying ways of maximizing fairness and validity for all students Offers examples from field-based work of the authors and others to illustrate constructive practices and policies that promise to yield more authentic accountability than present practices provide Maria del Rosario Basterra is Independent Educational Consultant, Washington, DC, specializing in issues related to English language learners, language minority students, multicultural education, and preschool education. Elise Trumbull is Independent Educational Consultant, Oakland, CA, specializing in issues related to language and culture in schooling, and Lecturer, California State University, Northridge, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling. Guillermo Solano-Flores is Associate Professor, Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language, University of Colorado at Boulder.