Test bias, assumed as equal regression lines between two different tests for different populations was investigated to predict Metropolitan Achievement Tests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised. Subjects were 1,040 children in grades 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9: Anglo American, Black, Mexican American, and Native American Papago. (JKS)

This study was mounted to assess the validity of standard score transformations of raw test scores and test bias on the 1970 edition of the Metropolitan Achievement Test Battery, in the context of a controversial federally funded compensatory education program, the Educational Voucher Demonstration (EVD). On an individual level the validity of the…

Samples of Anglo, Black, Mexican-American, and Papago Indian students (N=260 per group) were administered the Metropolitan Achievement Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Various concepts of cultural fairness were identified from the literature and then used to design analyses of these data. Regression equations…