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Developing Culturally Relevant Literacy Assessments For Bahamian Children, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Annmarie P. Jackson, Tarika Sullivan, Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
Developing Culturally Relevant Literacy Assessments For Bahamian Children, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Annmarie P. Jackson, Tarika Sullivan, Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
The strong presence of culturally relevant materials in classrooms is seen as an indicator of good teaching but the development and use of these materials is under-investigated. Similarly, the actual
construction and use of culturally relevant materials for literacy assessment purposes is under- reported. This paper examines the development and field-testing of culturally appropriate reading
assessment materials for primary-school children in the Bahamas. The construction of culturally relevant assessment materials relies on the deep and intimate knowledge of the context and the use of the materials involves analyses from several perspectives: estimation of readability levels, creation of a range of …