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Download full textRubin, Donald L. – 1989
Because the language of a multiple choice test is formal and often unfamiliar, certain linguistic features may lead a test-taker to misconstrue the test instructions, questions, or answers. When this happens, a shared understanding of meaning between tester and test-taker is not present, and the test results are invalid. Although this problem…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, English, Item Bias
