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Peer reviewedTerrell, Francis; Terrell, Sandra L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Examined the effects of race of examiner and level of mistrust of Whites on the Stanford-Binet performance of 105 Black elementary school children. The Black examiner-high mistrust group scored significantly higher than the White examiner-high mistrust group, and significantly higher than the Black examiner-low mistrust group. (WAS)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Students, Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics
Peer reviewedTerrell, Francis; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Identified groups with high and low levels of mistrust of Whites. Half of the participants in each group were then administered the WAIS by a white examiner. The remaining were tested by a Black examiner. The Black examiner-high mistrust group scored significantly higher than the White examiner-high mistrust group. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Examiners
Download full textFuchs, Douglas; And Others – 1981
Task complexity in terms of symbolic mediation (inner thought) as a determinant of differential test performance and the prediction of dissimilar functioning were examined. Preschool children with moderate to profound speech and/or language handicaps were tested using: (1) a sound-in-words subtest of the Test of Articulation (TA); (2) Action…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria, Examiners, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedSaigh, Philip A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Tested parochial school students with an examiner who wore a moderately proportioned gold cross, a gold Star of David, or no symbol. Results indicated scores varied as a function of the presence and type of symbol that was displayed. Discusses implications for practioners. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Catholics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Examiners
Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1983
Prior research indicates that language-handicapped children obtain higher test scores when tested by personally familiar examiners than when tested by personally unfamiliar examiners. The present investigation inquired whether this finding is due to examinees' actual differential performance across the two examiner conditions, or whether it is the…
Descriptors: Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics, Language Handicaps, Performance Factors
Eccarius, Malinda – 1997
This digest discusses the assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Topics addressed include: (1) the purpose of an assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing; (2) problems associated with assessment, including the diagnostician's lack of experience with the deaf population, communication problems, tests that are normed…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems
Peer reviewedGraziano, William G.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1982
Recent empirical evidence for the influence of examiner's race on examinee's performance on intelligence tests is reviewed. The current literature, 1966 through 1980, offers little support for the hypothesis that examiner's race has a systematic effect on examinee's performance on intelligence tests. Conceptual and methodological issues are…
Descriptors: Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics
