Essentials of Evaluating Bias in Intelligence Testing

CRAIG L. FRISBY is Associate Professor Emeritus in School Psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia. In the past, he has served as an Associate Editor for School Psychology Review, the official journal of the National Association of School Psychologists, and Associate Editor for Psychological Assessment, a journal published by the American Psychological Association. He currently serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Open Inquiry in the Behavioral Sciences. He is the author of “Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority Students: Data-based Guidelines for School Psychologists and other School Personnel” and Co-editor of “Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology: An Evaluation of Current Status and Future Directions” and “Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology: Nature, Scope and Solutions”. He currently serves as a member of the American Institutes for Research Test Screening Committee for Response to Intervention.

• Preface viiAcknowledgments ixOne Introduction and Overview 1Two Sources of Bias Claims in Intelligence Testing: A Brief History 7Three Bias and IQ Test Selection 27Four Bias and IQ Test Standardization 75Five Bias and IQ Test Content 99Six Bias and IQ Test Administration/Scoring 135Seven Bias and IQ Test Interpretation 183Eight IQ Test Bias— What It Is and What It Is Not 243Nine Select IQ Test Bias Studies Since 1980 315Ten Glossary of Essential Terms 337Appendix A Test Abbreviations 355References 359Index 387