01 June 2025

Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices Through Nā Hopena Aʻo (HĀ)

Responding to a need for culturally responsive and place-based educational frameworks, the Hawaiʻi DOE's Office of Hawaiian Education is piloting a proficiency-based pathway to prepare students for college, career, and community in Hawaiʻi and beyond. Funded by an Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) grant, this new assessment model holds the optimal conditions for strengthening HĀ, a set of interdependent learning outcomes for use throughout the K-12 public education system in the state.