Many people might think that cultural bias in standardized test does not exist in today’s society. Some people might not even have any knowledge about what cultural bias in standardized test is; let only the history of standardized tests, and how they can tremendously affect people’s lives. In truth, there certainly still is cultural bias in today’s standardized test, like the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Cultural bias is the phenomenon of interpreting and judging phenomena by standards inherent to one's own culture (Aiken, 2010). Cultural bias has been a large factor in negatively influencing the results of standardized test for over a hundred years, and it still poses as an issue today. Culturally biased test are an enormous issue in the world of education because these test can ultimately change a person’s life. These tests can determine a lot about someone’s future. Biases in standardized test can set people back and hinder them to obtain opportunities they need in order to achieve their goals. Many testing companies have tried to find solutions for this problem. In result many things have been done in order to prevent cultural bias appearing in standardized test, but has enough really been done? Can cultural bias ever be completely erased from standardized test? Culturally bias in standardized test can emotionally harm a person, determine someone’s future, and it will never disappear.
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