Academic resilience is the general notion that students from disadvantaged households achieve favorable achievement outcomes despite coming from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Interest in this topic has been facilitated by national and international testing organizations, such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which quantify the relative percentage of academically resilient students within and across countries. Yet recent research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the growing necessity of broader notions of academic resilience that recognize important psychosocial and physical well-being issues that are typically not captured by large-scale assessment results.
This presentation examines design considerations for innovative student testing
measures that provide a more multifaceted and comprehensive profile of academic
resilience. The seminar concludes by discussing policy options to consider in building
resilient schools, communities, and societies for a post-COVID world.
November 26 15.00-17.00 - Aula Magna Via Salaria 113 - Louis Volante (Brock University, Canada; Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, NL)
Open to all curricula