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Banks, Kathleen – Applied Measurement in Education, 2012
The purpose of this article is to illustrate a seven-step process for determining whether inferential reading items were more susceptible to cultural bias than literal reading items. The seven-step process was demonstrated using multiple-choice data from the reading portion of a reading/language arts test for fifth and seventh grade Hispanic,…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Test Items, Standardized Tests, Test Bias
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Moses-Snipes, Pamela R. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent studying topics in a cultural context affected African American students' achievement. Mathematics achievement was measured by a pre-assessment and post-assessment. The literature addresses the fact that all students can benefit from learning about culture and mathematics. Several…
Descriptors: African Culture, African American Students, African American Achievement, Mathematics Instruction