Geographical Bias in Standardized Testing: Is Cultural and Socioeconomic Bias a Problem of the Past or Are We Simply Not Looking in the Right Space?

• In Event: Reimagining space & place: Studying geographical contexts in higher education

Abstract

Standardized admission tests impact college-going prospects of hundreds of thousands of high school graduates every year. Although these tests were found to be prone to cultural and socioeconomic bias decades ago, the current consensus indicates that this problem has been significantly minimized. The study provides rigorous evidence of geographical bias.

Author

• Manuel S Gonzalez Canche, University of Pennsylvania