Systemic Racism and Educational Measurement provides a theoretical and historical reckoning with racism and oppression produced through educational measurement and research methodology. As scholars and professionals in the testing, measurement, and assessment of human learning and performance work to exorcise race sciences, white supremacy, and other injustices from the field’s research and practice, new insights are needed into their root causes. This book is the first to posit that the theory of the White Racial Frame was and continues to be applied to the foundations, process, dissemination, and use of educational measurement, leading to instruments, findings, and decisions that perpetuate the racialized social structure of our nation. Even among well-meaning stakeholders who aim to improve humanity and address inequities, the White Racial Frame shapes the field’s research questions, the methods utilized, the data valued, the interpretations made, and the language used throughout. Students and scholars of educational measurement, testing, and psychometrics will find invaluable clarifications of terminology, concepts, and theories integral to understanding systemic barriers in the field; explications of educational measurement’s core purposes and its influence by the White Racial Frame; and a series of alternate frames, theories, and epistemologies intended to guide educational measurement toward anti-racism and increased fairness.
By:
Michael Russell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032132020
ISBN 10: 1032132027
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 18 August 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.
