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Validity, Vaudeville, and Values: A Short History of Social Concerns over Standardized Testing.
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Haney, Walt – American Psychologist, 1981
Discusses the meaning of intelligence, the social functions that tests serve, the appropriate use of personality tests, controversies regarding IQ measurement, minimum competency testing, test disclosure, test bias, and "truth in testing." Stresses that testing is as much a social and political issue as it is an issue of scientific measurement.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Intelligence Tests, Minimum Competency Testing