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Intellectual assessment of hispanic children
Author(s) -
Clarizio Harvey F.
Publication year - 1982
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(19820108)19:1<61::aid-pits2310190113>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , intelligence quotient , test (biology) , borderline intellectual functioning , standardized test , developmental psychology , test validity , intellectual ability , psychometrics , clinical psychology , cognition , mathematics education , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
This review examines the issue of whether individual intelligence tests such as the WISC‐R are biased against Hispanic school‐aged children. Three common but faulty notions of test bias are discussed, and a psychometric definition of bias is advanced. Evidence regarding external and internal validity is analyzed. Guidelines for the intellectual assessment of bilingual students are presented, following a discussion of possible language bias.