The Challenge of Stereotype Threat for the Testing Community
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As part of its nonprofit mission, ETS conducts and disseminates the results of research to advance quality and equity in education and assessment for the benefit of ETS' constituents and the field ETS Research Memorandums provide limited dissemination of ETS research. Abstract This paper describes research on stereotype threat by my colleagues and me. One aim was to document its effects on operational tests in high-stakes settings. The second was to investigate possible changes in the tests that might minimize any effects of stereotype threat. Research by others on operational tests in these same kinds of settings is also described. Methodological issues in this research and alternative approaches to investigating stereotype threat are discussed.
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