Educational Testing, Individual Development, and Social Responsibility.

Messick, Samuel; Anderson, Scarvia

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Publication Date: 1970

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Educational Testing, Individual Development, and Social Responsibility

Messick, Samuel; Anderson, Scarvia

Counseling Psychologist, 2, 2, 80-87, Fall '70

This article is a response to an article in a previous issue by Robert L. Williams on unfairness in testing blacks with existing instruments. This paper discusses: (1) testing as systematic inquiry; (2) the question of bias; (3) test use; and (4) the consequences of not testing. (CJ)

Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Testing, Individual Development, Measurement Instruments, Minority Groups, National Norms, Psychological Testing, Test Validity, Testing

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