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Rodriguez, Richard F. – 1989
Biased assessment instruments and practices can lead to over-representation of minority children in special education classes. This paper analyzes the amount of variance in Mexican-American achievement test scores attributable to sociocultural factors. Fifty learning disabled Mexican-American elementary school students completed the Peabody…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cultural Influences, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedValdez, R. Stephen; Valdez, Cheryl – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The predictive relationship between the WISC-R and the PIAT and WRAT scores of 125 Mexican-Americans and 125 non-minority students (K-8) was analyzed using four methods. Conventional methods were found to be insensitive to and inappropriate for the detection of predictive bias. An alternative means of detecting predictive bias is proposed.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Mexican Americans
Peer reviewedMishra, Shitala P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
A study with Mexican-American children showed the internal consistency reliability coefficients for the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) were high and comparable to those reported in the WRAT manual. A high relationship was found between WRAT and Metropolitan Achievement Test scores. WRAT meets reliability and validity requirements with Mexican…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
PDF pending restorationReynolds, Cecil R.; Gutkin, Terry B. – 1980
Predictive validity of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), was investigated with 174 Chicanos and 94 Anglos, ages 10-11, who were referred for psychological services. Wide Range Achievement Test Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic subtest scores were each regressed on WISC-R Verbal, Performance and Full Scale Intelligence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anglo Americans, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textJOHNSON, HENRY SIOUX – 1965
TO DETERMINE WHETHER SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXIST IN SKILL PERFORMANCE AS A RESULT OF HEAD START EXPERIENCE AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN TWO ETHNIC GROUPS, 17 ANGLO-AMERICAN AND 62 MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE PRE-TESTED AND POST-TESTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1965 IN CONNECTION WITH SIX-WEEK…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cultural Influences, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationAmerican Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
This program provided corrective reading instruction for disadvantaged pupils (grades 1-3) from black, Mexican-American and Anglo low income families. Instruction was provided for small groups (three to six pupils) by remedial reading teachers, one teacher being shared by two schools. The program also included the assistance of classroom aides,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Counseling, Cultural Enrichment
