Via Austrian Times:
Migrant children in Austria are disadvantaged by traditional intelligence tests that often fail to reveal their real capabilities, according to an expert.
Letizia Gauck from Swiss capability diagnosis centre "Baff" said today (Fri) at the Salzburg Congress of the Austrian Centre for Talent Promotion and Research (özbf) that cultural differences in the evaluation of intelligence and capabilities were the reason for the situation.
She noted that language problems, little experience of testing, poverty and the inadequate appreciation of kids’ culture of origin often led to mistaken evaluation of their abilities.
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