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Peer reviewedZeidner, Moshe – Higher Education, 1986
A study of possible test bias in the Arabic and Hebrew versions of a standardized scholastic aptitude test used in Israel found a slight overprediction of performance for Arabs, but the findings appear to be more consistent with psychometric than cultural bias. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arabic, Arabs, College Bound Students
Download full textTrevisan, Michael S.; Sax, Gilbert – 1990
Reliability and validity of multiple-choice examinations as a function of the number of options per item and of student ability were computed for 435 junior class parochial high school students in the tri-county area of Portland (Oregon). The verbal section of the Washington Pre-College Test Battery was used. The least discriminating options were…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, College Bound Students, High Achievement
