From: JMilton452 <[log in to unmask]> Return-path: <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: what's Canada got to do with it Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:05:04 EDT Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I'm with you, Victoria. For those of you who were unfortunate enough to miss Inkshed 15, Victoria, Patricia Golubev, and I raised questions in our presentation on these very issues. As for Jamie's suggestion that we try "blind testing," forgive my cynicism, but who would determine the questions? We already know plenty about biases in tests, and the way they favour particular cultures and particular experiences. When the 11 Plus exam was established in Great Britain in the 1950's (?) (removed in the 70's) the "unbiased" intelligence test results delivered a surprising result. The percentage of girls who passed far outweighed the percentage boys. The possibilty of a nation of educated females and undereducated males sent the social planners scurrying. The results were quickly adjusted to provide for a more balanced education of males and females. Wasn't this affirmative action? Was it wrong?