Biased tests, by definition, diminish the validity of the inferences drawn from them about students abilities and accomplishments. This booklet, "Assessment Bias: How to Banish It," shows teachers how to identify bias and also how to reduce or, ideally, eliminate it completely. MASTERING ASSESSMENT is a set of fifteen practical, easy-to-use booklets covering a wide range of topics related to educational assessment and accountability. These groundbreaking booklets put the most relevant information on assessment at teachers fingertips and provide an important resource for educators looking to learn the ins and outs of becoming assessment literate. Paired with the series' "F" "acilitator's Guide "(available for download at no additional charge from Pearson's Instructor Resource Center), "Mastering Assessment "is the perfect tool for building assessment literacy either inself-studyor a professional development program. Don't miss all the books in the"Mastering Assessment "Series by W. James Popham: Appropriate and Inappropriate Tests for Evaluating Schools Assessing Students Affect Assessing Students with Disabilities Assessment Bias: How to Banish It Classroom Evidence of Successful Teaching College Entrance Examinations: The SAT and the ACT Constructed-Response Tests: Building and Bettering How Testing Can Help Teaching Interpreting the Results of Large-Scale Assessments Portfolio Assessment and Performance Testing Reliability: What Is It and Is It Necessary? Selected-Response Tests: Building and Bettering The Role of Rubrics in Testing "and "Teaching Test Preparation: Sensible or Sordid? Validity: Assessment s Cornerstone "