The Real Functions of Educational Testing.

Friedenberg, Edgar Z.

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ERIC Number: EJ014516

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1970

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The Real Functions of Educational Testing

Friedenberg, Edgar Z.

Change Higher Educ, 2, 1, 43-46, 70 Jan-Feb

Author maintains that educational testing is based on conservative and established norms of existing social structure. Test scoring is unbiased, but the bases underlying the interpretation of scores are contaminated by prejudices which operate to keep competence from obstructing the social process. (AD)

Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Ability, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Labor Needs, Measurement, Racial Attitudes, Social Structure, Status

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