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Peer reviewedMarlaire, Courtney L.; Maynard, Douglas W. – Sociology of Education, 1990
Describes and analyzes the social organization of testing as an interactional phenomenon. Provides examples of exchanges between clinician and child in a diagnostic testing situation. States these coorientational activities demonstrate that testing has an interactional basis. Explores the implications for research on bias in mental testing. (NL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
