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A Minority View on Testing
Author(s) -
First Joan McCarty,
Cárdenas José
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1986.tb00463.x
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , social psychology , psychology , positive economics , economics , physics , thermodynamics
Benevolent intentions do not always yield benevolent consequences. Describing the effects of testing on minorities as often detrimental, the authors challenge the measurement community to take greater responsibility for the use of its wares.