Test Anxiety: Another Origin For Racial Bias in Standardized Testing
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance
- Vol. 13 (4) , 210-215
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00256307.1981.12022238
Abstract
Test anxiety has been proven to be detrimental to students' standardized test scores. This study found test anxiety to be higher for Blacks than whites in the Junior High School setting examined. Test anxiety could be yet another factor in racial bias of testing.Keywords
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