"Color‐Neutral" Is Not a Thing: Redefining Construct Definition and Representation through a Justice‐Oriented Critical Antiracist Lens.

Construct Irrelevant Variance and Underrepresentation Reconsidered Historically, the field of measurement has considered the inclusion of linguistic, communicative, and cultural characteristics in test items as construct irrelevant variants; the I Standards i state explicitly that "test developers should use language in tests that is consistent with the purposes of the test and that is familiar to as wide a range of test takers as possible" (p. 64). </list-item><list-item>How does the embodiment of justice-oriented construct definition/representation practices align with the actual construct definition practices that result in justice for stakeholders? Keywords: antiracist assessment; assessment design; construct definition; construct representation; culturally sustaining assessment EN antiracist assessment assessment design construct definition construct representation culturally sustaining assessment 82 90 9 12/28/21 20211201 NES 211201 I We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them i . "Color-Neutral" Is Not a Thing: Redefining Construct Definition and Representation through a Justice-Oriented Critical Antiracist Lens. [Extracted from the article]