It's Not Black and White

This chapter weaves stories of lived experience into traditional literacy assessments and challenges" struggling reader" labels placed on many young adolescent Black males. The researcher narrates her own positionality and addresses how White female teachers might critically examine their own bias during assessments. Sociocultural theories and mixed methods provide a lens for analyzing interviews, assessments, and teachers' roles. Participants shared their views of masculinity, race, and" being cool" during reading, ...