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Integrating Indigenous frameworks, such as moʻolelo and Kūlana Noiʻi, into graduate program assessment transforms the process from a rigid compliance mandate into a reciprocal, community-collaborative practice that significantly increases faculty knowledge of equitable evaluation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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Investigate how integrating Indigenous storytelling (moʻolelo) and the Kūlana Noiʻi framework decolonizes graduate program assessment in higher education.

September 5, 2026Intersection A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and LearningOpen Access

E ALA: Awakening the Moʻolelo (Story) of Culturally Relevant Assessment

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Investigate how integrating Indigenous storytelling (moʻolelo) and the Kūlana Noiʻi framework decolonizes graduate program assessment in higher education.
Evaluated the Engaging Advanced Learner Outcomes (E ALA) in-person workshop series conducted across 38 academic disciplines at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Incorporated moʻolelo (story), loina (values), and lawena (behaviors) into faculty workshops to transform traditional assessment into reciprocal, collaborative community sessions.
Demonstrated significant qualitative and practical increases in faculty knowledge regarding culturally responsive assessment strategies.
Facilitated a cross-disciplinary paradigm shift toward equitable evaluation practices grounded in mutual knowledge reciprocity (aʻo aku, aʻo mai).

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Educational evaluation reveals enhanced faculty knowledge and shifts toward reciprocal assessment across academic disciplines, highlighting the efficacy of Indigenous-centered evaluation models.

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Okamura et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4126b95aff0620eb6e3 https://doi.org/10.61669/001c.169456

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Educational evaluation reveals enhanced faculty knowledge and shifts toward reciprocal assessment across academic disciplines, highlighting the efficacy of Indigenous-centered evaluation models.

E ALA: Awakening the Moʻolelo (Story) of Culturally Relevant Assessment

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E ALA: Awakening the Moʻolelo (Story) of Culturally Relevant Assessment

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