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Norm‐Referenced Testing and Low‐Income Blacks
Author(s) -
CASTENELL LOUIS A.,
CASTENELL MAE E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1988.tb02094.x
Subject(s) - norm (philosophy) , psychology , norm referenced test , test (biology) , low income , social psychology , achievement test , mathematics education , standardized test , demographic economics , political science , economics , law , paleontology , biology
The purpose of this article is to highlight biases, that is, learning styles and test bias, involved in testing low‐income Blacks with norm‐referenced, achievement tests and to offer suggestions to assist counselors in improving their students' test performance.