Social Class Differences on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts: Are They Due to Bias?.

Silverstein, A. B.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1982-Oct

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Social Class Differences on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts: Are They Due to Bias?

Silverstein, A. B.; And Others

Psychology in the Schools, v19 n4 p431-32 Oct 1982

Applied an internal criteria for the detection of bias to standardization data for the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts. Despite sizable social class differences in mean scores, differences in rank orders of item difficulties were negligible. There was little evidence of test bias. (Author)

Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Measures (Individuals), Social Differences, Socioeconomic Background, Test Bias

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