Four definitions of cultural fairness" are critically examined. Suggestions for dealing with conflicts between the two goals of maximizing a test's validity and minimizing its culture-group discrimination, are presented. Terms in which this judgment should be made, and methods of using its results are described. (LR)

This paper presents a chi square method for assessing bias in test items. In this procedure an unbiased item is defined as an item for which the probability of a correct response is the same for any person of a given ability level regardless of that person's ethnic group. (Author/CTM)