race proxy theory theory of race correction Any of various theories which utilize race as a proxy to "correct" or "adjust" some value. Theories of race correction have been utilized widely in health care, and have also been used to adjust test scores. Both practices have been connected with and compared to eugenics and pseudoscientific racism, because the supposed proxy related to these changes is unclear at best, and unduely malicious at worst. race adjustment theory race correction theory theories of race correction theory of race adjustment