Minority Report How African Americans and

Here, Gunn and Singh take a good look at one of society's most perplexing problems-our cultural testing bias. They believe that test-taking is a skill like many other cognitive endeavors, and in this book provide guidance in teaching math, verbal reasoning, abstraction, and language skills to minority children.

Harry E. Gunn, a licensed clinical psychologist, teacher, therapist, and diagnostician Jaswinder Singh is a psychologist and licensed mental health therapist

Foreword

vii

Jose Arredondo

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

xix

How Widely Are Tests Used in American Society?

1

(4)

What Are Tests Used For?

5

(14)

How Tests Are Created

19

(4)

Why Do African Americans and Hispanics Score Lower on Tests than Their White Counterparts?

23

(20)

Reasons for Low Scores on Specific Tests

43

(8)

Left-versus Right-Brain-Based Learning and Cultural Bias

51

(8)

Help from Parents and Teachers

59

(22)

Help from Examiners

81

(8)

Tests Can Be Fun

89

(4)

Tests That Show the Superiority of Minority Children

93

(6)

Psyching Up and Battling the Various Tests: Specific Remedies

99

(22)

Epilogue

121

(6)

Kalyani Gopal

Index

127

(6)

About the Authors

133

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Minority Report How African Americans and Hispanics Can Increase Their Test Scores

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