The six subtests of the California Achievement Tests were factor analyzed separately for black males, black females, Hispanic males, Hispanic females, white males, and white females in the fifth- and seventh-grades. One factor best described the factor structure of the test of each group. The structures of each group were compared by using coefficients of congruence. The California Achievement Test was found to be essentially invariant with regard to race and sex.
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