The Consistency of Detecting Item Bias across Different Test Administrations: Implications of Another Failure.

Skaggs, Gary; Lissitz, Robert W.

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Consistency of Detecting Item Bias across Different Test Administrations: Implications of Another Failure.

Skaggs, Gary; Lissitz, Robert W.

Journal of Educational Measurement, v29 n3 p227-42 Fall 1992

The consistency of several item bias detection methods was studied across different test administrations of the same items using data from a mathematics test given to approximately 6,600 eighth grade students in all. The Mantel Haenszel and item-response-theory-based sum-of-squares methods were the most consistent. (SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Grade 8, Item Bias, Item Response Theory, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Reliability, Sex Bias, Test Format

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Language: English

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