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Test bias: The other side of the coin
Author(s) -
Rosenbach John H.,
Mowder Barbara A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198110)18:4<450::aid-pits2310180414>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , test validity , response bias , social psychology , cultural bias , variety (cybernetics) , action (physics) , psychometrics , developmental psychology , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Although there are a variety of definitions of test bias, none has provided a basis to support claims of bias, especially with respect to those tests that predict school performance. The fact that validity coefficients for such tests are consistently high suggests that what bias there is derives from the nature of the criteria; i.e., the cultural bias of schooling. And because schooling reflects social values, the resolution of the problem lies through social‐political action and not psychological or psychometric advances.