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Download full textSkager, Rodney; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol – 1972
The aim of this investigation was to develop a justifiable and efficient procedure for locating the top two percent of the eighth grade students in an inner-city junior high school. The WISC performance IQ was chosen as the criterion measure. Four screening measures were used to select students for the WISC: an achievement test (the California…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Cognitive Tests, Cultural Influences
Green, Donald Ross – 1971
To determine if tryout samples typically used for item selection contribute to test bias against minority groups, item analyses were made of the California Achievement Tests using seven subgroups of the standardization sample: Northern White Suburban, Northern Black Urban, Southern White Suburban, Southern Black Rural, Southern White Rural,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blacks, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
