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ERIC Number: EJ146144
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Social And Legal Consequences Of I. Q. Tests As Classification Instruments: Some Warnings From Our Past
Kamin, Leon J.
Journal of School Psychology, 13, 4, 317-322, 75
Social science instruments are not neutral. That school psychologists need to pay close attention to the sociopolitical implications of their assessment instruments is illustrated through the woeful history of the use and misuse of the concept of intelligence in the United States during the first third of this century. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Laws, Racism, School Law, School Psychologists, Social Influences, State of the Art Reviews, Student Rights, Test Bias
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