Assessing Race Differences on Performance‐Based Assessment in Older Adults
Marina Kaplan, Moira Mckniff, Stephanie M. Simone, Anna Callahan, Tania Giovannetti · 2025
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Marina Kaplan and co-authors compare test scores between Black and white older adults in a 2025 study. Race gaps on paper-and-pencil memory tests are well known and often blamed on social factors. The team asks whether a hands-on task of daily life shows the same gaps. Such tasks may give a fairer read of how a person truly functions.
One hundred older adults from the Philadelphia area took part in the study. Each person made a breakfast and a lunch with objects on a table while staff filmed the work. The team scored finished steps, time, and errors, and compared them with standard test scores. Early results show the groups differed on the standard tests. The hands-on task may offer clinics a less biased option.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marina Kaplan, Moira Mckniff, Stephanie M. Simone, Anna Callahan, Tania Giovannetti |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |