Psychological Testing of American Minorities: Issues and Consequences

By Ronald J. Samuda

Book Overview

The Second Edition of this classic work has been thoroughly updated and revised with an additional chapter providing a powerful rebuttal to The Bell Curve. Ronald J Samuda presents a comprehensive analysis of the perspectives, pitfalls, fallacies, issues, consequences and trends in the use of standardized norm-referenced tests with American minorities. He demonstrates that testing continues to be the primary method for injecting pseudoscientific arguments which bolster discrimination, prejudice and social injustice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761912150
• ISBN13: 9780761912156
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"