ABSTRACT
This chapter presents Quantitative Critical Race Theory (QuantCrit) as a theoretical framework that can be used to guide quantitative and psychometric analysis using data from a Culturally Responsive Assessment. Culturally Responsive Assessments are designed to allow students to demonstrate their knowledge in ways that account for their cultural identities. Culturally responsive assessments can be viewed as a type of antiracist assessments because they aim to confront assessment practices that center Whiteness as the norm. QuantCrit, as an antiracist approach to quantitative analysis, provides a framework for quantitative analyses to centralize race and racism within education (Tenet 1), question the neutrality of quantitative data (Tenet 2) and categories operationalized during analysis (Tenet 3), challenge the notion that data can speak for itself (Tenet 4), and participate in efforts geared towards equity and social justice (Tenet 5). Suggested applications of QuantCrit to large-scale assessment programs administering Culturally Responsive Assessments are provided, giving particular attention to the information and validity evidence documented in technical reports guided by the Justice-Oriented, Antiracist Validity (JAV) Framework.
