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Inspiring Success: Collaborative Animation of an Indigenous Education Policy Framework as a Means of Defining the Path to Improvement and Assessing Progress

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Abstract

This research animated, collaboratively, a provincial Indigenous education policy framework into a practical means of assessing districts’ support of Indigenous education. The conceptual framework and measurement tools developed through this research are a seamless amalgam of Indigenous and Western perspectives. They illuminate a path for consistent growth and foster development of the conditions needed for ongoing dialogue in the context of an ethical space of engagement. The framework emerging from this project also broadens opportunities for Indigenous learners by ensuring they are celebrated up-front for the cultural and practical knowledge they bring with them to the learning. Finally, this paper describes a unique methodological approach for researchers to engage and collaborate with Indigenous individuals and communities in service of translating educational policy into meaningful and measurable positive outcomes. 

Keywords: Indigenous education, educational policy, qualitative Indigenous research, K-12 educational leadership, culturally competent systemic evaluation

How to Cite:

Tunison, S. & Amendt, T., (2026) “Inspiring Success: Collaborative Animation of an Indigenous Education Policy Framework as a Means of Defining the Path to Improvement and Assessing Progress”, Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation 31(2): 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/pare.3166