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On Replicating Ethnic Test Bias Effects: The Santelices and Wilson Study
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Freedle, Roy O. – Harvard Educational Review, 2010
In this commentary, the author discusses two recent replications (Santelices & Wilson, 2010; Scherbaum & Goldstein, 2008) of some of his earlier work on SAT items using the differential item functioning (DIF) statistic wherein he contrasted the test performance of African American examinees with White examinees (Freedle, 2003). In this commentary,…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Bias, Test Items, Difficulty Level
The Truth and the Truthful Sages that Spin It: A Review of Dorans
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Freedle, Roy O. – Harvard Educational Review, 2004
I see much to be pleased with in Dorans' interesting response to my article, "Correcting the SAT's Ethnic and Social-Class Bias: A Method for Reestimating SAT Scores." However, I need to deal with several unstated assumptions and errors that underlie his presentation. In the process of enumerating his covert assumptions, I will take up several…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Scores, Statistical Analysis, African American Students
Correcting the SAT's Ethnic and Social-Class Bias: A Method for Reestimating SAT Scores.
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Freedle, Roy O. – Harvard Educational Review, 2003
A corrective scoring method, the Revised-Scholastic Achievement Test (R-SAT), addresses nonrandom ethnic test bias patterns found in the SAT. The R-SAT has been shown to reduce the mean-score difference between African-American and white test-takers by one-third, increase verbal scores by as much as 200-300 points for individuals, and benefit…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Ethnic Bias, Item Bias, Minority Groups