Equality or Lasting Inequality?.

Blits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Equality or Lasting Inequality?

Blits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S.

Society, v27 n3 p4-11 Mar-Apr 1990

Describes the evolution of "race-norming," or "within-group scoring," the practice by which job candidates' scores on employment tests are reported relative to comparison groups of their own race or ethnicity. Contends that race-norming fosters group rather than individual rights and perpetuates the inequality it intends to eliminate. (AF)

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Discrimination, Minority Groups, Norm Referenced Tests, Occupational Tests, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination, Scores, Social Bias, Test Bias, Test Norms

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII

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