These guidelines are meant to assist parents and educators in identifying books for children that are free of sexism, racism, ageism, and classism. Methods for analyzing both storybooks and textbooks for bias are presented. Special emphasis is placed on evaluating basal readers and history texts. A number of evaluative checklists are presented…

Critics of standardized tests support new legislation to provide breakdowns of test results by sex, race, and ethnic group, confident they will find evidence of bias. (MSE)

Three types of test bias are discussed: content bias, atmosphere bias, and use bias. Use bias is considered the most important. Tests reflect the bias in society, and eliminating test bias means eliminating racism and sexism in society. A six-stage model to eliminate racism and sexism is presented. (Author)

This study describes the role of an advisory panel of minority educators in the development of the seventh edition of Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) and the second editions of Stanford Early School Achievement Test (SESAT) and Stanford Test of Academic Skills (TASK). Detailed information on the formation of this panel and the review process in…

In many respects clinical psychology has been more sensitive than most to issues related to gender, but many glaring problems remain to be addressed. In the clinical realm of psychology it is especially important to frame more inclusive conceptualizations of adjustment. Ursinus College developed a college-wide program aimed at greater integration…

Uses data from the January 1991 Current Population Survey to examine the incidence and relative opportunity of employer-sponsored job training by gender and race. Results indicate that females and non-whites are less likely to receive employer-sponsored training than are their male and white counterparts. (AEF)

The effects of racism and sexism can be seen in the various elements of research methods including the selection of topics, design, sampling, measurement, and the generation of conclusions. In selecting topics, potential sources of bias such as funding sources and publishing patterns are covered. How knowledge of appropriate literature, selection…

Argues that there is little evidence that African American children are poorly trained or neglected by their families, suggesting that the values embraced by African American parents may be undermined by social structural inequities. Asserts the need to consider race, class, and gender (the central forces influencing the socialization work of…

This guide for teachers, in English and Spanish, examines the role of stereotypes within the context of contemporary beliefs, ideas, and attitudes. A pre-test and post-test are included to measure the user's awareness of stereotypes. Object lessons cover the following topics: (1) definition of stereotypes; (2) racial and ethnic stereotypes; (3)…

This presentation compares the results of a reanalysis of items in one form of a level of the 1978 SRA Achievement Series with the results from the pretest analysis. The bias analyses were performed on white or majority, black, Hispanic, male, and female samples from the pretest and two subsequent samples. Comparisons were made in terms of the…

Discusses six forms of bias that affect interactions with students in teaching/learning situations (exclusion/invisibility, stereotyping, imbalance/selectivity, fragmentation/isolation, unreality, and linguistic bias), and suggests ways to deal with them in a business communication class from both a teaching and a content perspective. (SR)

Presents the Career Path Tournament, a game for heightening participants' awareness of sociological factors influencing career advancement and of the need to anticipate and cope with these factors. Presents evidence that the game raises awareness of sociological barriers and provides participants with suggestions for coping with these barriers.…

When a number of school readiness tests were used with a group of 322 kindergarten children to predict end of first-grade Metropolitan Achievement Test scores, no evidence of racial bias and only minimal effects of sex bias were found in the predictions based on analysis of variance. (CTM)

Utilizing data from two national surveys, examines attitudes of White Protestants toward women's participation in politics. Compares the relationship between affiliation and religiosity and sex prejudice to that between religiosity and ethnic prejudice. Finds that unaffiliated Whites exhibit less sex and ethnic prejudice than do Whites affiliated…

Cites ways in which advertising generates sexist meanings and creates sexual and racial difference through target marketing. Gives examples of feminist resistance to advertising. Argues that, ultimately, new systems of representation by which women and men can create meanings are needed. (SR)