{"title":"Response to Solano-Flores: How Serious are We About Fairness in Testing and How Far are We Willing to Go?","authors":"Jennifer Randall","doi":"10.1080/10627197.2023.2212900","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT It Ain't Near 'Bout Fair: Re-envisioning the Bias and Sensitivity Review Process from a Justice-Oriented Antiracist Perspective was intended to facilitate conversation in the field about the bias and sensitivity process, specifically. I argue that our current approaches rely far too heavily on fear-based notions to the exclusion of justice-based aims. As Dr. Solano-Flores points out, however, this conversation must be considered in concert with a larger conversation around principles of equity and justice in the assessment design and development process in order for the necessary transformational change to occur. In this paper, I consider Dr. Solano-Flores’ ideas and suggest a path forward with these ideas in mind.","PeriodicalId":46209,"journal":{"name":"Educational Assessment","volume":"28 1","pages":"118 - 121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Educational Assessment","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2023.2212900","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT It Ain't Near 'Bout Fair: Re-envisioning the Bias and Sensitivity Review Process from a Justice-Oriented Antiracist Perspective was intended to facilitate conversation in the field about the bias and sensitivity process, specifically. I argue that our current approaches rely far too heavily on fear-based notions to the exclusion of justice-based aims. As Dr. Solano-Flores points out, however, this conversation must be considered in concert with a larger conversation around principles of equity and justice in the assessment design and development process in order for the necessary transformational change to occur. In this paper, I consider Dr. Solano-Flores’ ideas and suggest a path forward with these ideas in mind.
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Educational Assessment publishes original research and scholarship on the assessment of individuals, groups, and programs in educational settings. It includes theory, methodological approaches and empirical research in the appraisal of the learning and achievement of students and teachers, young children and adults, and novices and experts. The journal reports on current large-scale testing practices, discusses alternative approaches, presents scholarship on classroom assessment practices and includes assessment topics debated at the national level. It welcomes both conceptual and empirical pieces and encourages articles that provide a strong bridge between theory and/or empirical research and the implications for educational policy and/or practice.