Cultural Bias in Psychological Testing.

Autor/in	Dent, Harold E.
Titel	Cultural Bias in Psychological Testing.
Quelle	(1974), (12 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Achievement Tests; Black Students; Cultural Differences; Educational Discrimination; Elementary Secondary Education; Intelligence Tests; Labeling (of Persons); Mexican Americans; Minority Group Children; Psychological Testing; Public Schools; Racial Differences; Test Bias; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Kultureller Unterschied; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Labeling-Ansatz; Hispanoamerikaner; Psychological test; psychological tests; Psychological examination; Psychologischer Test; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Rassenunterschied; Testkritik; Kalifornien
Abstract	Despite its reputation for being a scientific and precise tool for measurement, psychological testing is a culturally biased procedure that results in discrimination against minority groups, particularly against minority students. Academic achievement and intelligence tests, the two types of tests most frequently used in public schools, assume that all people have the same kinds of experiences which are tapped by the questions on the tests. They also presume that there is uniformity of school curricula in this country, and that all who take the tests have the same facility with the English language. This cultural bias is compounded by other factors such as the item selection process, the content of the items, and the responses considered acceptable to those items. Because of the data obtained on these tests, a disproportionate number of minority students in California are tracked into classes for the slow learner or mentally retarded, while a very small proportion are in classes for the gifted. Examination of the historical data concerning the social and political implications of such tests, and of the present day uses of these tests in the public schools, will demonstrate the influence their use has had on the lives of minority students. (Author/WP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC