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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Test Fairness"”.
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Test Fairness in a Large-Scale High-Stakes Language Test
Inquiry into fairness of a test has been recognized as an important research activity to direct efforts to reduce bias and discrimination against certain groups of test takers, create equal opportunities for test takers to demonstrate their knowledge and skills, and promote social justice. Given …
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In search of folk fairness in language testing
Fairness is generally defined as a social value that applies in understanding, interpreting social actions, and making decisions over human performance. In the field of testing, the concept of fairness is commonly defined as social justice or equity which is associated with equal opportunity and …
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Differential Item Functioning and Opportunity to Learn: Adjusting the Mantel-Haenszel Chi-Square Procedure
Test fairness is an omnipresent educational and political issue. The validity of a test is in question whenever any group feels its members are not being treated exactly like everyone else. Differential item functioning (DIF) refers to a test item that does not perform the same way for two groups …
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The Construct Validity Of A Situational Judgment Test In A Maximum Performance Context
… evidence for, a new situational judgment test (SJT) designed to measure declarative and strategic knowledge. The first question asked if SJT response instructions (i.e., 'Should Do', 'Would Do') moderated the validity of an SJT in a maximum performance context. The second question asked …
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THE IMPACT OF ANCHOR ITEM EXPOSURE ON MEAN/SIGMA LINKING AND IRT TRUE SCORE EQUATING UNDER THE NEAT DESIGN
… on the content being measured across different test administrations, test scores must be equated. One of the most common equating designs is called the nonequivalent anchor test (NEAT) design. This equating design requires two forms of a test, each of which is given to a group of examinees one …
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Construct Validation of an Integrated, Process-Oriented, and Computerized English for Academic Purposes (Eap) Placement Test: A Mixed Method Approach
… improved essay quality, consequential validity, test fairness, and authenticity. Arguments in favor of the CEEPT came from six types of validity evidence. First, the qualitative data complemented the results of a correlation coefficient between CEEPT and first semester GPA. Second, the CEEPT is …
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The impact of world Englishes on language assessment: rater attitude, rating behavior, and challenges
By centralizing the issue of test fairness in language proficiency assessments, this study responds to a call by researchers for developing greater social responsibility in the language testing agenda. As inquiries into language attitude and psychology indicate, there is an underlying uncertainty …
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An Automated Test Assembly Approach Using Item Response Theory to Enhance Evidence of Measurement Invariance
When creating a new test to measure a latent trait, test developers must select items that together demonstrate desirable psychometric properties. Automated test assembly (ATA) algorithms allow test developers to systematically compare possible item combinations based on the test’s goals. ATA …
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An evaluation of item response theory for detecting differential item functioning of examinees' responses to the seventh grade mathematics MEAP test investigating learner characteristics /
Historically test fairness has been an issue for stakeholders such as test makers, administrators, educators, examinees, and others. The consequence of bias testing creates "high stakes" for all stakeholders. During the past 50 years several cycles of dissatisfaction and reform occurred in …
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Exploring Instructors' Classroom Test Beliefs and Behaviors in Fundamental Engineering Courses: A Qualitative Multi-Case Study
Classroom tests are a common and default form of assessments in concept-heavy, fundamental engineering courses. Tests have benefits to learning, such as the testing effect that helps with the retrieval of knowledge, but there are also disadvantages, like discouraging deep learning approaches and …