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Cultural Bias in Psychological Testing.
Dent, Harold E. – 1974
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…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Educational Discrimination