Decolonizing Educational Assessment: Ontario Elementary Students And The Eqao

This book examines the history of standardized testing in Ontario leading to the current context and its impact on racialized identities, particularly on Grade 3 students, parents, and educators. Using a theoretical argument supplemented with statistical trends, the author illuminates how EQAO tests are culturally and racially biased and promote a Eurocentric curriculum and way of life privileging white students and those from higher socio-economic status. This book spurs readers to further question the use of EQAO standardized testing and challenges us to consider alternative models which serve the needs of all students.

• | Author: Ardavan Eizadirad
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 270 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3030274616
• | ISBN-13: 9783030274610