Assessment for Inclusion: rethinking inclusive assessment in higher education

JH Nieminen - Teaching in Higher Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
How could assessment inclusively consider the diversity of students? In higher education,
the most common answer is: through individual assessment accommodations. Inclusive …

Unveiling ableism and disablism in assessment: A critical analysis of disabled students' experiences of assessment and assessment accommodations

JH Nieminen - Higher Education, 2023 - Springer
This study examines the underlying mechanisms of ableism and disablism in the
assessment of student learning in higher education. Globally, higher education institutions …

Educational inequality and the paradox of dis/Ability rights in a schooled society: moving towards an intersectional discursive, material, and emotive approach

CK Voulgarides, SL Etscheidt… - Educational …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this re-review, we discuss a global-wide paradox of disability rights that claims adherence
to human and civil rights frameworks while cultural, linguistic, racial, and ethnic disparities in …

Is dis-ability a foregone conclusion? Research and policy solutions to disproportionality

RA Cruz, CM Kramarczuk Voulgarides… - Review of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on disproportionate representation in special education has potential to influence
policy in ways that rectify educational inequities. In this study, we investigated how …

Understanding disability: High-quality evidence in research on special education disproportionality

R Ahram… - Review of Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This chapter examines how studies focused on the same topic—disproportionality in special
education—can generate vastly different conclusions about its sources and causes. By …

“I didn't know people with disabilities could grow up to be adults”: Disability history, curriculum, and identity in special education

CO Mueller - Teacher Education and Special Education, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The present qualitative interview study explored disability identity development, a unique
aspect of identity, and its relationship to school and special education. Adults with …

Toward neurodiversity: How conversation analysis can contribute to a new approach to social communication assessment

B Yu, L Sterponi - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this clinical focus article was to illustrate the potential of employing
conversation analysis (CA) as a method for assessing social communication that is …

Organizing Possible Futures: A Systematic Review on Dis/ability Justice Frameworks to Design Equity-Oriented Inclusive Teacher Education Programs

D Ko, D Mawene, B Krichevsky… - Review of Educational …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In the US school system, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students often
experience multiple forms of marginalization at the intersection of racism, ableism, and other …

Toward disability-centered, culturally sustaining pedagogies in teacher education

SS Kulkarni, AL Miller, EA Nusbaum… - Critical Studies in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Teacher education in the United States operates within the same politically polarized and
tense contexts as schools. Research predominantly relies on the voices and experiences of …

DisCrit at the margins of teacher education: informing curriculum, visibilization, and disciplinary integration

S Kulkarni, E Nusbaum, P Boda - Race Ethnicity and Education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Teacher education is polarized. Traditionalists tend to center core practices, while justice-
oriented scholars center ideologies embedded within our practices. Both, however, must …