Criterion-related profile analysis (CPA) can be used to assess whether subscores of a test or test battery account for more criterion variance than does a single total score. Application of CPA to subscore evaluation is described, compared to alternative procedures, and illustrated using SAT data. Considerations other than validity and reliability…

Compares and evaluates models for bias in selection. Strategies are compared and evaluated as to their advantages and disadvantages in the areas of business and education. Some suggested formats for establishing culture fair selection are felt, by the authors, to be inadequate for their task and require a more complex analysis. (Author/DEP)

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)

McCauley and Colberg described a theory of transportability and provided data to demonstrate the feasibility of their approach. It is argued that the transportability notion resembles earlier cross cultural work and does not add new insights into cross cultural comparison. Their statistical checks do not preclude the possibility of bias.…

The authors comment and provide an updated statement of their views on the four preceding articles which deal with the fair use of tests in educational and employment selection. (Author/DEP)

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)

The effect of test content based on Black and White cultures was examined for Black and White subjects on items from the American College Test. No significant interactions between test content and examinee performance by race were found. (Author/CTM)

The System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) is described as an example of the structural and cultural pluralistic model of assessment. Mercer's concept of estimated learning potential is described and the medical, social, and pluralistic models are mentioned. Standardization, test administration, validation, and the manuals are…