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Peer reviewedBlits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S. – Public Interest, 1990
Reviews the evaluation by the National Academy of Science (NAS) of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), which was developed to predict the job performance of potential employees. Proposes that the NAS recommendation to correct the GATB's racial bias by "race-norming" was a political decision and not scientifically justified. (FMW)
Descriptors: Occupational Tests, Political Influences, Predictive Validity, Racial Bias
Peer reviewedJansen, Jonathan D. – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Traces the evolution of the curriculum designed for Black education in South Africa since the colonial penetration of the 1650s to the present. Argues that the curriculum reflects sociopolitical influences and that postapartheid curriculum reform is limited by extracurricular factors. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Education, Curriculum Development, Desegregation Effects, Educational History
