A psychology professor believes it is highly unlikely the controversial Computer Science pre-test administered by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to school children in Barbados meets international standards.Professor of Psychology at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Donna-Maria Maynard told Barbados TODAY that while she had not seen the questions on the test there appeared to be some level of deception involved.Her comments have come following an apology from the IDB on Wednesday, where the international organisation took full responsibility for administering the test to first form students. It is said to contain deeply personal questions linked to sexuality and gender identity among other things.In an initial apology that was rejected by Government, an official at the IDB claimed that the survey contained items on the “internationally-recognized Child Behaviour Checklist”.The IDB official maintained that the survey included “international standard questions” on Positive Youth Development which were going to be used to capture the overall impact of the project.
