Assessment equity implies that the assessment strategy ensures that the learners’ profiles are considered in all aspects of the assessment design, and have played an important role in informing decision-making and action to promote inclusion of all.
Teachers should check for biases and reflect throughout the assessment process to evaluate assumptions and positions of privilege. To overcome some constraints, teachers can resort to a diversified set of data sources to assess learning. Most times, it is advantageous to include the learners’ perspectives and act based on the different perspectives.