World Yearbook of Education 2017

Julie Allan is is Professor of Equity and Inclusion and Head of the Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Borås in Sweden. Alfredo J. Artiles is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and the Ryan C. Harris Professor of Special Education at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

• Part 1: The assessment industry and the concomitant stratification of student populationsChapter 1 The purpose and function of assessment in policy and politicsChapter 2 International test comparisonsChapter 3 Teacher assessmentChapter 4 Implications for educational stratification related to enduring forms of differencePart 2: Assessing deviance: Consequential assumptions of assessment and diagnostic practicesChapter 5 Assessment and identification practices: A critique of paradigmatic assumptionsChapter 6 Limited English ProficiencyChapter 7 Intellectual/cognitive impairments and mental disordersChapter 8 Specific learning disabilities in the Response to Intervention eraPart 3: The consequences of assessment and identification practicesChapter 9 The production of inequalities within assessment in relation to race, class and gender Chapter 10 Over- and under-representation of cultural minoritiesChapter 11 Racial disparities in discipline and disability identification as precursors of the school-to-prison pipelineChapter 12 Gaming practices surrounding policy remedies to reduce racial disparities in special educationPart 4: Fair assessment? Chapter 13 Critical challenges for assessment germane to racial and cultural disproportionalitiesChapter 14 Alternative assessment approaches