Culture and standardized tests. Native American issues and examples

Description

Discusses how and why the use of research and evaluation in educational contexts (e.g. standardized testing) have been used inappropriately with Native Americans and other ethnic minority children, thereby leading to incorrect assumptions about students' educational gains and achievement in both K-12 grade system and higher education.

Runtime

43 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Date of Publication

2005

Database

Alexander Street

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