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Reynolds, Cecil R. – Diagnostique, 1991
This article defines test bias and reviews research methods most aptly applied postpublication to educational and psychological tests. Best methods for estimating bias in criterion-related or predictive validity and determining bias in construct validity across groups are explained. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Figueroa, R. A. – Diagnostique, 1991
This article reviews literature asserting that legal mandates eliminating overrepresentation in special education classes may have hurt minority children and argues that such a position ignores the impact of bilingualism on psychometric test performance. The article proposes that psychometric tests be excluded from any aspect of decision making…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Court Litigation, Decision Making
