PSY 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Career Counseling, Golden Rule, Educational Testing Service
19 Jan 2016
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Testing big business: used in many settings. Test not culture fair and conditions of living. Testing as a focus of attention, controversy, and legislation. Some controversy due to improper use in history. Intelligence test scores of middle and upper class whites higher than that of lower income, minorities. Low income = can"t provide nutrition, toys, book or other stimulation. If environment, may be unfair to use tests to determine educational opportunities. But: research shows that classes with mixed abilities detrimental. Mix classes people with developmental delayed are pushed a little and get to observe and learn from other student but generally they can be lost and need extra support. Head start = idea was to provide child with nursery environment but also family capacity- learn how to stimulate child. Court concluded that the intelligence tests were discriminatory and prohibited further use in california for. Placed in special class not get education he need, stigmatization etc.
