Educational Psychology / Unit 12 EDP 1148 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bias in Standardized Tests
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The idea
Bias in standardized tests can be everyday, scores reflecting unequal opportunity, or technical: item content and format, and predictive accuracy, where one study found slight over-prediction for Black and Latino students and under-prediction for women.
In practice
A claim that easy items favor one group over another has been challenged and remains contested.
Where people slip
Most problems arise from high-stakes uses of single scores.
Your place on the trail
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