Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment

Catherine S. Taylor and Susan Bobbitt Nolen are both professors emeriti in the College of Education at the University of Washington.

• ContentsSeries Foreword James A. Banks ixAcknowledgments xvIntroduction 1Necessary Tensions 5Layers of Responsibility and Professional Resources for Nondiscrimination 9Students' Rights to Expression, Privacy, and Association 13Preparing Teachers and Leaders to Be Advocates 161.  Background to LGBTQ Movements for Equality With a Focus on K–12-Related Issues 19Key Definitions, Often in Flux and Contested 22Opening the Subject of Sexuality and Gender Through Theory, History, and Political Movements 24Overlapping Histories of LGBTQ Movements 27Schools and the Histories of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation 342.  Thinking Through Biases and Assumptions About LGBTQ People 37Gender as Process 37Sexuality, Normalcy, and Intersecting Differences 41Transphobia in Schools 46Queer Relationalities 49 3.  Specific School-Related Challenges Facing LGBTQ Students 52Intersecting Harassments and Biases 53LGBTQ Youth and the Challenges of Accessing Education 56Resituating "Bullying" in Sexual Harassment 57Another Form of "Not" Education: "You Can't Say Gay" Policies 60Recognizing Family Diversity: LGBTQ-Headed Households and School Exclusion 62Living in Families Under Public Debate: Legal and Social Contexts 644.  Educatively Addressing LGBTQ Issues 66Zero Tolerance and Exacerbating Distance 66Sex and Non-Sex 71Critical Queer Thinking and Queer Disciplines 73Religious Tensions 77Teaching and Learning for Ethical Relations 795.  Supporting Student Extracurricular and Creative Efforts to Educate Schools on LGBTQ Issues 83Gay-Straight Alliances/Gender and Sexuality Alliances and Associations Across Difference 83Gay-Straight Alliances and the Equal Access Act 86Attempts to Restrict Gay-Straight Alliances 88The Day of Silence: Resistance and Reconciliation (Hopefully) 90LGBTQ Youth and Public Spaces 926.  Recognizing and Respecting Transgender Students 95Learning About Gender 96Anti-Transgender Rules From the School Board 100Administrator Refusal of Family and Physician-Supported Affirmation 101Watching Teachers Debate Transgender Issues 102Transgender Students' Resistance and Resourcefulness 104Intersections and Transgender Theory 107 Conclusion: Unsettled Progress 111References 113Index 127About the Author 137

“Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment is a great reminder and outline for school personnel on how easily bias can arise, and how it can affect how we work with students in the classroom.”—Teachers College Record