Test bias: The other side of the coin

Test bias: The other side of the coin Ptvchology in rhe Srhoulr 1981. 18. 450-454 TEST BIAS: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN' JOHN H . ROSENBACH Slate University ofNew York at Albany BARBARA A. MOWDER University of Colorado at Denver Although there are a variety of definitions of test bias, none has provided a basis to support claims of bias, especially with respect to those tests that predict school pcrfor- mance. The fact that validity coefficients for such tests are consistently h