Culturally sensitive career assessment:: a quandary

Series or Serial: ERIC Digest No. 210

Publisher: The Ohio State University

Published At: Columbus, OH

Date Published: 1999

Distributor: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Center on Education and Training for Employment, The Ohio State University

Source Address: 1900 Kenny Road

Source City/State/Zip: Columbus Ohio 43210

Phone: 614-292-4353

Material Type: Information Analysis

Intended Audience: General

Physical Media: Print

Physical Description: 2 p.

Subjects: Vocational Evaluation; Career Counseling

Abstract:
This digest reviews the challenges that multicultural populations provide to traditional perspectives on assessment and reviews the progress that test developers are making in recognizing and addressing the additional sources of variation in test responses. Extensive references are given.

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