Socioeconomic status and intelligence: Why test scores do not equal merit

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 91-107

  Croizet, Jean Claude ^a   Dutrévis, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Discrimination; Mental testing; Social class; Socioeconomic status; Stereotype; Test bias; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744283698     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v08n03_05     Document Type: Article

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