Representing California
Multitudes is built with and for California students. Our carefully selected sample allows us to refine the sensitivity and specificity of our tools and to conduct bias analyses to ensure fairness and equity.
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Centering Multilingual Learners
Every child deserves fair and unbiased instruction and assessment. In California, about 18% of elementary public-school students are identified as English Learners, and of these more than 80% speak Spanish as their primary language.
Multitudes is dedicated to a culturally responsive approach that considers language proficiency and language variation during measure development, validation, and analysis. We aim to recognize children who may be at risk of learning difficulties, without overidentifying those who are still developing language proficiency.
Multitudes researchers continuously examines bias, accuracy, and the cultural and linguistic alignment of our assessments with the communities we serve.
Innovation Cycle
Multitudes research guides implementation by continously improving the process. Our longitudinal study, now beginning its fourth year, allows us to refine the platform as we learn more about students and their growth. Our aim is a more precise, efficient, and flexible tool that serves both monolingual and multilingual learners in varied educational settings.
The flexibility of the digital Multitudes platform facilitates seamless integration of new neuroscience discovery and emerging tools and technology. Areas of future expansion include math and social emotional domains, as well as new languages.
Development and Implementation
