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Title: Speaking out on Assessment of Multicultural Competencies and Outcomes: Some Cautions (1).
Author : Journal of Thought
Release Date : January 22, 2005
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 213 KB

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I am honored to have been invited to give the keynote address at this National Conference on Assessment of Multicultural and Diversity Outcomes. I want to thank Anthony Ambrosio of Emporia State University for this opportunity to share some of my thinking about assessment of multicultural competencies in teacher education programs. I have titled this address "Speaking Out on Assessment of Multicultural Competencies and Outcomes: Some Cautions." Let me be clear and upfront about what I am going to talk about. I am going to ask you to think along with me on three topics. The first topic focuses on the challenges of assessing multicultural competencies in an era of high-stakes testing. The second topic centers on concerns I have regarding the direction some College of Education assessment systems are taking. And the third topic concerns predictions about the next generation of teacher candidates' dispositions toward diversity and their knowledge about diversity. Let me turn to the first topic. Assessment of Multicultural Competencies in an Era of High-Stakes Testing