ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an analysis and synthesis of systems-level approaches to socioculturally responsive assessment as it is employed in large-scale efforts. Drawing across examples from assessments specific to the United States as well as those developed for international contexts, the chapter proposes at least four different ways system designers can create assessments that attend to the cultural and linguistic assets of many different students engaged with the instruments: culturally embedded, curriculum-embedded, multidimensional, and choice-embedded. For each approach, the chapter describes one or more systems employing this approach, drawing from state and national assessment efforts as well as large-scale programs such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate, and significant lessons learned from that context. The chapter closes with a synthesis across approaches to propose a common set of features that provide the foundation for socioculturally responsive assessment at scale, and makes a set of recommendations for policies at the state and federal levels that could be used to support and incentivize such designs.
