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ERIC Number: EJ316173
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Evidence of Context Bias on the McCarthy Scales With Mexican American Children: Implications for Test Translation and Nonbiased Assessment.
Valencia, Richard R.; Rankin, Richard J.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v77 n2 p197-207 Apr 1985
Content bias of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) was investigated with dominant English- and dominant Spanish-speaking Mexican American preschoolers. The identified item bias (mostly against the Spanish language group) is discussed in terms of information overload on memory as influenced by language differences in word length and acoustic similarity. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Item Analysis, Language Dominance, Language Processing, Mexican Americans, Recall (Psychology), Spanish, Test Bias, Translation, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: McCarthy Scales of Childrens Abilities
Note: Research supported in part by Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Office of Human Development Services, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare Contract 90-C-1777 and in part by a Faculty Development Affirmative Action Grant and a Faculty Research grant awarded by the University of California, Santa Cruz.