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#79 - Equity for all in assessment

The PAPERs Podcast
The PAPERs Podcast
Episode • Jan 21 • 30m
How can we make assessments truly equitable? In this episode, Lara dives into a paper that explores fairness, inclusion, and justice as three distinct approaches to equity in assessment. Discover how these orientations can reshape our goals, strategies, and impact in education. This episode unpacks critical frameworks that empower educators to reflect on critically and reimagine assessment systems.

Episode host: Lara Varpio.

Episode article:Anderson, H. L. K., Govaerts, M., Abdulla, L., Balmer, D. F., Busari, J. O., & West, D. C. (2024). "Clarifying and expanding equity in assessment by considering three orientations: Fairness, inclusion and justice". Medical Education, Advance online publication.

You can find episode notes and other resources on the Papers Podcast episode website.

PAPERs Podcast are:
Hosts: Lara Varpio, Jason Frank, Jonathan Sherbino, Linda Snell
Technical Producer: Samuel Lundberg
Web Manager: Alex Alexandersson
Executive Producer: Teresa Sörö

Production of Teaching and Learning at Karolinska Institutet

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