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ERIC Number: EJ572030
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Are Standardized Tests Fair to African Americans? Predictive Validity of the SAT in Black and White Institutions.
Fleming, Jacqueline; Garcia, Nancy
Journal of Higher Education, v69 n5 p471-95 Sep-Oct 1998
There is considerable opinion that standardized test scores do not predict academic performance as well for African American students as for white students. A study correlating Scholastic Assessment Test scores and grades for samples of black students in 15 colleges, 7 predominantly black and 8 predominantly white, found that tests' predictive validity depended on school type and student gender. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Predictive Validity, Racial Discrimination, Sex Differences, Standardized Tests, Test Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Scholastic Assessment Tests