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Factor Analysis for Fairness: Examining the Impact of Task Type and Examinee L1 Background on Scores of an ITA Speaking Test

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Yan, Xun; Cheng, Lixia; Ginther, April – Language Testing, 2019

This study investigated the construct validity of a local speaking test for international teaching assistants (ITAs) from a fairness perspective, by employing a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the impact of task type and examinee first language (L1) background on the internal structure of the test. The test consists of…

Descriptors: Scores, Language Tests, Teaching Assistants, Culture Fair Tests