Problems and Alternatives in Testing Mexican-American Students.

Cervantes, Robert

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Problems and Alternatives in Testing Mexican-American Students

Cervantes, Robert

Integrated Education, 12, 3, 33-37, May-Jun 74

Argues that the basic problem with standardized tests to test Mexican American students is that they lack "ethnic validity": they do not accurately or appropriately account for cultural, linguistic, or experiential ethnic differences. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cultural Influences, Educational Testing, Intelligence Tests, Mexican Americans, Minority Group Children, Standardized Tests, Test Bias, Test Construction, Testing Problems

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