Why Should Minority and Poor Children Only Be Assessed Using

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why should minority and poor children only be assessed using valid instruments?

• A)Many tests are based on western European,middle-class standards.
• B)These children are incapable of taking tests.
• C)These children cannot afford testing.
• D)These children have an automatic cultural advantage.

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Definitions:

Pooled Standard Deviation

A method for calculating the overall standard deviation from multiple samples or groups, combining variances to assess overall variability.

Cohen's D

A measure of the standardized difference between two means, commonly used in the context of effect size in statistics.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of the difference between groups or the size of a relationship between variables.

Analysis of Variance

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more groups to determine if there are significant differences between them.