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The Black-White Test Score Gap » Read Now
by Christopher Jencks, Meredith Phillips. 536 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The test score gap between blacks and whites--on vocabulary, reading, and math tests, as well as on tests that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence--is large enough to have far-reaching social and economic consequences. In their introduction to this book, Christopher Jencks and...
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The test score gap between blacks and whites--on vocabulary, reading, and math tests, as well as on tests that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence--is large enough to have far-reaching social and economic consequences. In their introduction to this book, Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips argue that eliminating the disparity would dramatically reduce economic and educational inequality between blacks and whites. Indeed, they think that closing the gap would do more to promote racial equality than any other strategy now under serious discussion. The book offers a comprehensive look at the factors that contribute to the test score gap and discusses options for substantially reducing it. Although significant attempts have been made over the past three decades to shrink the test score gap, including increased funding for predominantly black schools, desegregation of southern schools, and programs to alleviate poverty, the median black American still scores below 75 percent of American whites on most standardized tests. The book brings together recent evidence on some of the most controversial and puzzling aspects of the test score debate, including the role of test bias, heredity, and family background. It also looks at how and why the gap has changed over the past generation, reviews the educational, psychological, and cultural explanations for the gap, and analyzes its educational and economic consequences. The authors demonstrate that traditional explanations account for only a small part of the black-white test score gap. They argue that this is partly because traditional explanations have put too much emphasis on racial disparities in economic resources, both inhomes and in schools, and on demographic factors like family structure. They say that successful theories will put more emphasis on psychological and cultural factors, such as the way black and white parents teach their chi
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The IQ Mythology: Class, Race, Gender, and Inequality » Read Now
by Harry Mensh, Elaine Mensh. 236 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Differential Item Functioning » Read Now
by Paul W. Holland, Howard Wainer. 458 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-0972-4 1. Test bias--Evaluation. 2. Test bias--Statistics. 3. Examinations-- Validity. I. Holland...ordinarily use in...
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Principles of Test Theories (Chap. 14 "Detection of Item Bias") » Read Now
by Hoi K. Suen. 240 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of Item Bias 185 Test Bias 185 Item Bias...There are numerous definitions of test bias Berk, 1982 . A useful definition...larger perspective, the problem of test bias is...
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Assessing Sex Bias in Testing: A Review of the Issues and Evaluations of 74 Psychological and Educational Tests » Read Now
by Paula Selkow. 272 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...1976 points to two major sources of test bias: test content and the use of test...or age bias, in addition to sex bias. TEST SELECTION We evaluated 74 psychological...types...
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Human Cognitive Abilities in Theory and Practice (Chap. 8 "Contemporary Statistical Models for Examining Test Bias") » Read Now
by John J. McArdle, Richard W. Woodcock. 372 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Assessing Basic Academic Skills in Higher Education: The Texas Approach ("Preventing Test Bias in the Texas Academic Skills Program" begins on p. 19) » Read Now
by Richard T. Alpert, William Phillip Gorth, Richard G. Allan. 278 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...must run twice as fast." Preventing Test Bias in the Texas Academic Skills Program...the results of the tests. What is test bias? Our TASP Bias Review Panel chose...They...
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Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment ("Bias and Equivalence" begins on p. 41) » Read Now
by Ronald K. Hambleton, Peter F. Merenda, Charles D. Spielberger. 378 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Relatively few instruments have been truly adapted for application in other languages and cultures. The goal of this new book is to put an end to the faulty practices of adopting or "borrowing" tests from one culture without properly adapting them for another as set forth by the principles...
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Relatively few instruments have been truly adapted for application in other languages and cultures. The goal of this new book is to put an end to the faulty practices of adopting or "borrowing" tests from one culture without properly adapting them for another as set forth by the principles established by the International Test Commission (ITC).
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Studying Minority Adolescents: Conceptual, Methodological, and Theoretical Issues (Chap. 8 "The Importance of Culture in the Assessment of Children and Youth") » Read Now
by Vonnie C. McLoyd, Laurence Steinberg. 345 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Hill 183 10. The Role of Bias and Equivalence in the Study of Race...and teen pregnancy. As a result of this bias, our understanding of normative...
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Behavioral, Social and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents » Read Now
by Kenneth W. Merrell. 442 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, and Gender in United States Schools ("Bias" begins on p. 56) » Read Now
by Lois Weis, Michelle Fine. 437 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions ("Analysis of Bias and Adverse Impact on Test Use" begins on p. 442) » Read Now
by Robert M. Guion. 716 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library
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Effects of Examiner Familiarity on Black, Caucasian, and Hispanic Children: A Meta-Analysis, in Exceptional Children » Read Now
by Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs. 6 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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An Investigation of Situational Bias: Conspicuous and Covert Timing during Curriculum-Based Measurement of Mathematics across African American and Caucasian Students, in School Psychology Review » Read Now
by Tawny N. Evans-Hampton, Christopher H. Skinner, Carlen Henington, Sanpier Sims, C. Elizabeth Mcdaniel. 11 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language » Read Now
by Rosalie Maggio. 304 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library