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Green, Donald Ross; Yen, Wendy M. – 1983
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form U, is scored in two ways: number-correct and pattern. The latter makes use of the information about which particular items are answered correctly, giving more weight to the more discriminating items and making allowances for guessing. Critics have suggested that black students are penalized by pattern…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Education, Guessing (Tests)
