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Banks, Kathleen – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this article was to present a synthesis of the peer-reviewed differential bundle functioning (DBF) research that has been conducted to date. A total of 16 studies were synthesized according to the following characteristics: tests used and learner groups, organizing principles used for developing bundles, DBF detection methods used,…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Research, Tests, Student Characteristics
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Sinharay, Sandip; Dorans, Neil J.; Liang, Longjuan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2011
Over the past few decades, those who take tests in the United States have exhibited increasing diversity with respect to native language. Standard psychometric procedures for ensuring item and test fairness that have existed for some time were developed when test-taking groups were predominantly native English speakers. A better understanding of…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Testing Programs, Psychometrics, Language Proficiency