Embedding Racial And Gender Diversity In State Mandated Common Assessments: A Policy Advocacy Document
type: CreativeWork
description: The purpose of this policy advocacy document was to promote the need to modify the Illinois School Code 5/27-20.4 to include language about a state developed, common assessment that focuses on past and current racial and gender diversity issues in the United States. It highlights the need for embedding past and current racial and gender diversity issues in the United States in the everyday curriculum. Additionally, this document discusses the positive impact this policy will have on students’ social and emotional learning skills.
abstract: The purpose of this policy advocacy document was to promote the need to modify the Illinois School Code 5/27-20.4 to include language about a state developed, common assessment that focuses on past and current racial and gender diversity issues in the United States. It highlights the need for embedding past and current racial and gender diversity issues in the United States in the everyday curriculum. Additionally, this document discusses the positive impact this policy will have on students’ social and emotional learning skills.
author: Dillard, Chimille E
keywords: racial diversity, gender diversity, policy advocacy, common assessments, Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum and Social Inquiry, Education
date published: 2018-07-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:20:44Z
provider: National-Louis University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: National-Louis University