Student Affairs Research and Assessment (SARA) has compiled a selection of resources that are focused on Socially Just Assessment. Each of these resources are intended to deepen the readers understanding of how the assessment process addresses bias, is culturally responsive, and seeks to understand the impact of social structures on power and oppression. These selected resources serve to help professionals better understand how to use assessment for the purpose of identifying inequities in higher education and within specific institutional contexts.
Demographic Question Bank
The SARA team and the Office of Identity, Equity, and Engagement (IEE) have created a bank of demographic questions that you should use when building surveys, intake forms, etc. The questions are located here and they are also in Baseline. If you need access to them in Baseline, please contact your assessment liaison.
Anthology (formerly Campus Labs) Socially Just Assessment Podcast Series
Anthology has brought together experts across the field of higher education to create a podcast series that provides in-depth conversation on just a selection of the many nuanced topics that fall under the umbrella of socially just assessment. Each of these conversations focuses on a singular topic and is meant to deepen the listener's understanding of critical issues assessment professionals deal with in their day-to-day work.
- Episode 1: Culturally Responsive Assessment
- Episode 2: Critical Theory as a Framework to Advance Equity Through Student Affairs Assessment
- Episode 3: Socially Just Assessment
- Episode 4: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Assessment: Graduate School Preparation for Future Student Affairs Practitioners
- Episode 5: The Connections between Decolonization, Social Justice and Assessment
Anthology (formerly Campus Labs) Socially Just Assessment
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA): Equity in Assessment
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Tips for More Inclusive Data Sharing and Analysis
AALHE webinar: Equitable Assessment in Action: Case Studies of Implementation (Henning, Lundquist, Jankowski, Montenegro, 2020)
Moving Towards Socially Just Assessment
Transforming Higher Education and Student Affairs through Socially Just Assessment
Five Principles for Enacting Equity by Design
Equity Mindedness (Center for Urban Education)
The Equity Scorecard: A Collaborative Approach to Assess and Respond to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Student Outcomes
Socially Just Assessment as a Tool for Institutional Equity