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    ElizabethLWood

    CindyBurchett

    HumanRelationsIndependentStudy

    7March2013

    ResourceAnalysisforBias:StandardizedTest

    Myfindingsareconcurrentwiththefindingspresentedintheresearchofthebookthatwasusedinthis

    class.Ididnothaveaccesstoanactualstandardizedtest,butIusedthesampleIowaAssessment

    questionsthatourschoolhad.ThequestionsIhadaccesstowereReadingComprehension,Math,

    Science,andSocialStudies.Theonlysectionthataddressedmulticulturalismwasthereading

    comprehension,anditwasaboutayoungHispanicgirlandhowshefeltdifferentfromotherstudentsat

    school.Therewerenopicturesofothergroups,orothergroupsmentionedinquestioning.Some

    questions,likeifonegroupwasomottedfromthetopicortheme,arehardformetoanswerbecauseIonlyhaveasmallsampleinfrontofme.Icantquitesayonegroupwasomittedonpurpose,butIcan

    saytheyarenotincluded.Otherfactorsthatareusuallyconsidered,liketheauthorbeingqualifiedto

    speakonthematter,arealsohardtojudge.

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