Systemic Racism and Educational Measurement - Confronting Injustice in Testing, Assessment, and Beyond

Systemic Racism and Educational Measurement provides a theoretical and historical reckoning with racism and oppression produced through educational measurement and research methodology.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Key Terms and Definitions
Introduction
Part I: Race, Racism, and the White Racial Frame
Chapter 1: The Origins of Race
Chapter 2: Molding Race in the United States
Chapter 3: The Systemic Structure of Racism
Chapter 4: The White Racial Frame
Part II: The White Racial Frame and the Development of Educational Measurement
Chapter 5: Heredity and Family Traits
Chapter 6: The Birth of Tests of Mental Ability
Chapter 7: The Rise of Educational Testing and Test Bias
Chapter 8: The Rise of Statistics in Educational Measurement
Chapter 9: Educational Measurement as Apparatus for Systemic Racism
Section III: Alternate Lenses for Educational Measurement
Chapter 10: Critical Theory
Chapter 11: Critical Race Theory and QuantCrit
Chapter 12: Intersectionality Theory
Chapter 13: Educational Measurement and the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Chapter 14: Forging a Path Toward Anti-Racism in Educational Measurement
Index

About the author

Michael Russell is Professor of Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College, USA. He currently serves on the Technical Advisory Committees for several state assessment and accountability programs.

Summary

Systemic Racism and Educational Measurement provides a theoretical and historical reckoning with racism and oppression produced through educational measurement and research methodology.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Russell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032132020
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213202-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism