Analysis of the Estes Scale for Assessing the Reading Attitude of Minority Students.

Aaron, Robert L.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1980

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Analysis of the Estes Scale for Assessing the Reading Attitude of Minority Students.

Aaron, Robert L.; And Others

Reading Improvement, v17 n2 p100-03 Sum 1980

Reports that the Estes Attitude Scale suffers from the influence of cultural biases that make it inadequate to measure attitude about reading among low-income, Black students in grades three through seven in the rural southern United States. (FL)

Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Minority Groups, Reading Ability, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Rural Youth, Test Bias, Test Validity, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Estes Attitude Scale

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