This article explores the impact that Professor Stafford
Hood had on the development of culturally responsive
evaluation and assessment (CRE/A) in Ireland.
Starting with a brief outline of the demographic and
cultural changes that have happened in Ireland since
themid-1990s, the article discusses the initial encounters
with Professor Hood and his introduction of the
theories, practice and praxis of CRE/A to a group
of Irish scholars. This engagement was formalized
by the establishment of the CREA-Dublin, hosted
in Dublin City University. The article examines how
CREA-Dublin has used the culturally responsive lens
to critique evaluation, assessment, and quality assurance
practices within Ireland and across the European
Union (EU). Outlining the impact of several major EU
funded projects as well as locally initiated research,
the article concludes by highlighting the centrality of
Professor Hood as a scholar and an individual to the
transformation of research and practice in the fields of
evaluation and assessment on the island of Ireland and
beyond