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Austin, James T. – 1999
Multicultural perspectives on assessment challenge traditional perspectives by advancing an additional source of variation in test responses that is presumed to escape test developers and test users. Increasing and convergent evidence from multiple sources indicates the following types of ethnocentric errors in test development, administration,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Education, Cultural Awareness
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Rouse, Kimberly A. Gordon; Austin, James T. – Urban Review, 2002
Three studies examined within-ethnic-group variations in the relationship of grade point average and gender to motivation among African American, Hispanic American, and Euro-American students. Survey data revealed patterns of significant within-ethnic-group differences that varied across ethnic groups. In general, males demonstrated more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Ethnicity