within-group norming

within-group norming
   American
   giving lower marks to white candidates than to blacks
   An attempt to meet a quota in employment ratios by penalizing those who are likely to have had better educational opportunities:
    ... referred to in government and employment circles as 'within-group norming' or 'score adjustment'. (Chicago Times, 14 May 1991)
   See also race-norming.

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