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ERIC Number: EJ233275
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980
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An Examination for Bias in a Preschool Test Battery across Race and Sex.
Reynolds, Cecil R.
Journal of Educational Measurement, v17 n2 p137-46 Sum 1980
When a number of school readiness tests were used with a group of 322 kindergarten children to predict end of first-grade Metropolitan Achievement Test scores, no evidence of racial bias and only minimal effects of sex bias were found in the predictions based on analysis of variance. (CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictive Validity, Primary Education, Racial Bias, School Readiness Tests, Sex Bias, Statistical Bias, Test Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: McCarthy Scales of Childrens Abilities; Metropolitan Readiness Tests; Preschool Inventory
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