Amplify Learner Voice through Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Assessment

<p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Amplify Learner Voice </em><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>pushes back against traditional assessment and grading practices</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> that continue to be an inequitable endeavor for our nation's learners; traditional classroom practices continue to sort and label students by characterizing them by what they need to work on or 'lack.' </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In this book eight authors and the Core Collaborative's partner schools </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>reimagine formative assessment through an asset-based cultural lens</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> to make a greater impact on learning </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>and</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> our shared humanity. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Presented in an </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>easy-to-read practical format with video examples and practical resources</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> throughout the '</span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Amplify Learner Voice Formative Assessment Framework</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>' identifies and integrates seven culturally responsive and sustaining concepts to shift how educators and learners engage in core formative assessment practices that cultivate conditions where all stakeholders thrive.  </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Cultural Identity:</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> How does the assessment experience support students to understand more about themselves and each other as learners? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Asset-Centered Mindset:</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> How can we create conditions for learners to draw and build upon their cultural funds of knowledge when reflecting self- and peer assessing collaborating and practicing towards goals?  </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Dispositional Learning:</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> How do we ensure that students are transferring key habits of learning in and out of school when working towards goals or when faced with challenges? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Learning Partnerships: </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>How do positive feedback experiences create conditions to strengthen relational trust risk-taking and self-empowerment for all stakeholders? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Learner Clarity: </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>How does the assessment design ensure that learners are challenged at all levels of rigor (surface-deep-transfer) across academic social and emotional domains? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Engagement: </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>How does formative assessment engage students caregivers and families personally and collaboratively? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>· </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Criticality:</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> How do we create conditions for self-empowerment to think critically about equity power and inclusion?  </span></p><p><br></p>