Advances In Cross-Cultural Assessment

Presenting the major trends, theories and practices in cross-cultural assessment, this volume focuses on intelligence and intelligence testing, particularly as applied to people from racial and ethnic minority groups who are also socioeconomically and culturally deprived.

The theme running throughout is that IQ tests and traditional standardized tests of cognitive ability, while appropriate for middle-class mainstream individuals regardless of their race or ethnicity, are neither valid nor reliable for those who grow up in environments that are deficient - for example, because of inadequate rearing or serious economic stress. The book proposes alternative approaches to assessing cognitive ability in persons from such backgr

Presenting the major trends, theories and practices in cross-cultural assessment, this volume focuses on intelligence and intelligence testing, particularly as applied to people from racial and ethnic minority groups who are also socioeconomically and culturally deprived.

The theme running throughout is that IQ tests and traditional standardized tests of cognitive ability, while appropriate for middle-class mainstream individuals regardless of their race or ethnicity, are neither valid nor reliable for those who grow up in environments that are deficient - for example, because of inadequate rearing or serious economic stress.

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Eight chapters discuss advances in the theory and practice of appraising cognitive potential and attempt to answer the increasing criticism of psychometrics that began in the early 1970s. Each chapter covers one aspect of the advances that have been occurring over the past 25 years, including: theory and application of the Kaufman assessment battery for children (K-ABC); recent research regarding the K-ABC; the learning potential assessment device; instrumental enrichment; constructing tests to meet the demands of person, task, and situation interactions; nontraditional uses of traditional aptitude tests; and the work of the Buros Institute of Mental Measures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Robert J. Sternberg is currently the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, where he is also professor of psychology. Prior to that, he was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University. Sternberg received his PhD from Stanford and is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates. In addition, he has won more than two dozen awards for his work. He is a former president of the American Psychological Association and is the author of over 1100 books, articles, and book chapters.