Assessment Resources for Native American Learners

This listing of Assessment Resources for Native American Learners was compiled by SEDL's Strategies for Increasing School Success (SISS) Program during the 1996-2000 Regional Educational Laboratory contract.

Bancroft, B.A. (1989). Beyond the Single Standardized Test Score as an Indicator of Pupil and School Progress: A Review of Literature in Support of the Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation system that Utilizes Varied Measures to Determine Pupil Progress and Program Performance in BIA School. A Paper Presented to the National Bureau Effective Schools Team, Okemos, MI.

Cantrall, B., Pete L. and Fields, M. (1990). Navajo Culture: A Bridge to the Rest of the World. (Paper presented at annual AERA conference, Boston, MA, April 19, 1990). (ED 324 163).

Chavers, D. and Locke, P. (1989). The Effects of Testing on Native American. Paper commissioned by the National Commission on Testing and Public Policy, April 4. (ED 336 445)

Chavers, D. (Ed.). (1996). Exemplary programs in Indian education, 2nd edition. Albuquerque, NM: Native American Scholarship Fund.

Dana, R. (1984). "Intelligence testing of American Indian children: Sidesteps in quest of ethical practice." White Cloud Journal, 3(3), 35-43. (EJ 301 816)

Estrin, Elise Trumbull and Sharon Nelson-Barber. (1995). "Issues in Cross-Cultural Assessment: American Indian and Alaska Native Students." Knowledge Brief #12. WestEd.

Neely, R. and Shaughnessy, M. (1984). Assessments and the Native American. (ED 273889).

Nichols, R. (1991). Continuous Evaluation of Native education Programs of American Indian and Alaska Native Students. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Education Indian Nations at Risk Task Force. (ED 343 760).

Indian Nations at Risk Task Force (1991). Indian Nations at Risk: An Educational Strategy for Action (Final Report). Washington DC: US Department of Education.

Reyes, Raymond (1998). A Native Perspective on the School Reform Movement: A Hot Topics Paper. Portland, OR: NWREL's Comprehensive Center, Region X. http://www.nwrac.org/pub/hot/index.html

White House Conference on Indian Education (1992). White House Conference on Indian Education, Final Report, Executive Summary. Washington DC: Author. (ED 353 124).

Yazzie, T. (1999). Culturally appropriate curriculum: A research-based rationale. In K. G. Swisher & J. W. Tippeconnic III, Next steps: Research and practice to advance Indian education. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools.

General Alternative Assessment Resources

Gordon, E. (1992). Implications of Diversity in Human Characteristics for Authentic Assessment. CSE Technical Report 341. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), UCLA Graduate School of Education.

Gueirn, G.R., and Maier, A.S. (1983) Informal Assessment in Education. Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co.

Herman, J.L., Aschbacher, P.R., and Winters, L. (1992). A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment. Alexandria, VA: ASCD Publications. (ED 352 389).

Villegas, A.M. (1991). Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for the 1990’s and Beyond (trends and Issues Paper No. 6). Washington DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education. (ED 339 698).

Native American Instruction

Swisher, K. and Deyhle, D. (1992). "Adapting instruction to culture." In Reyhner, J. (Ed.) Teaching American Indian Students. Norman. OK: University of Oklahoma Press

Web Resources

American Indian Institute
http://www.aii.outreach.ou.edu/

National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
http://www.niea.org/

Contacts

National Indian Education Association
110 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Suite 104
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 544-7290
Fax: (202) 544-7293
E-Mail: niea@niea.org
http://www.niea.org/

Bureau of Indian Affairs — Office of Indian Education
Office of Public Affairs MS-4245 MIB
1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240-0001
(202) 208-6123
FAX: (202) 208-3312
http://www.bia.gov/

Center for Indian Education
College of Education
Arizona State University
Box 871311
Tempe, AZ 85287-1311
(480) 965-6292
FAX: (480) 965-8115
http://coe.asu.edu/cie/