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Peer reviewedHinkle, J. Scott – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1994
Presents a cross-cultural perspective for testing practitioners. Discusses practical cross-cultural assessment issues, including test unfairness or bias. Offers solutions to testing issues regarding diverse populations. Includes 80 citations. (Author/CRR)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Evaluation
Download full textHallman, Clemens L.; Fradd, Sandra H. – 1983
This paper presents an overview of recent psychological research relevant to the assessment and instruction of culturally and linguistically different students. First, general research by cross-cultural psychologists is described, focusing on the observation that types of thinking and learning behavior are influenced by social organization and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Rivera, Ralph – 1981
An Hispanic practitioner discusses the identification of both the non-English speaking and English speaking culturally different gifted child. Definitions are offered for nondiscriminatory assessment and giftedness. Four case studies illustrate the methods used to identify two English speaking and two nonEnglish speaking gifted Hispanic children.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Definitions
Bennett, Randy Elliot – 1980
The paper examines seven pressing issues in the educational assessment of children with learning and behavior disorders. Research and court cases are cited in the discussion of the following issues (sample subtopics in parentheses): focus of assessment (for clarification, identification, and classification purposes); types of abilities evaluated…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedPage, Ellis B. – Journal of Special Education, 1980
The monograph examines the provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) regarding nondiscriminatory evaluation of handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGfeller, Elisabeth; Robinson, Clinton – Language and Education, 1998
Addresses the question of mother-tongue education of children, especially in francophone countries of Africa. It seeks to contribute to the debate on the integration of local languages into educational systems in multilingual settings by stressing the opposing cultural messages carried by official and indigenous languages. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Heller, Kirby A., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The document contains the final report of a project to determine the factors that account for disproportionate representation of minority students in special education programs, especially programs for mentally retarded students; and to identify placement criteria for practices that do not affect minority students disproportionately. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Ortiz-Franco, Luis – 1980
This document highlights points made in papers presented in the two scheduled sessions devoted to issues in mathematics education affecting minority students at the 1980 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) conference. The first meeting was part of the official NCTM conference program. The second meeting was sponsored by the National…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Zorn, Jeffrey L. – 1983
Although by traditional measures of test validity, the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is not culture biased, it, along with the English Composition Test and the Test of Standard Written English, reinforces a narrow view of academic excellence that excludes culturally different youths. Designed to prevent admission errors, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
