Cummins, Jim

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ERIC Number: EJ391082

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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"Teachers Are Not Miracle Workers": Lloyd Dunn's Call for Hispanic Activism.

Cummins, Jim

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v10 n3 p263-72 Sep 1988

Responds to Dunn's monograph on Hispanic-Anglo differences in IQ scores. Discusses the cultural/linguistic bias in IQ tests, and the inevitability of this bias due to methods of test development and standardization. Criticizes Dunn's proposal for English immersion programs to replace bilingual education. Contains 21 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Immersion Programs, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Minority Group Children, Opinion Papers, Test Bias, Test Construction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue with title "Achievement Testing: Science vs. Ideology" edited by Ricardo R. Fernandez. For "Bilingual Hispanic Children in the U.S. Mainland: A Review of the Literature" by Lloyd M. Dunn, see RC 016 993.