Are Inferential Reading Items More Susceptible to Cultural Bias than Literal Reading Items?

Autor/in	Banks, Kathleen
Titel	Are Inferential Reading Items More Susceptible to Cultural Bias than Literal Reading Items?
Quelle	In: Applied Measurement in Education, 25 (2012) 3, S.220-245 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-7347
DOI	10.1080/08957347.2012.687610
Schlagwörter	Reading Tests; Test Items; Standardized Tests; Test Bias; Multiple Choice Tests; Grade 5; Grade 7; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; White Students; Item Analysis; African American Culture; Hispanic American Culture; Middle Class Culture; TerraNova Multiple Assessments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesetest; Test content; Testaufgabe; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Testkritik; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Itemanalyse; Hispanistik
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to illustrate a seven-step process for determining whether inferential reading items were more susceptible to cultural bias than literal reading items. The seven-step process was demonstrated using multiple-choice data from the reading portion of a reading/language arts test for fifth and seventh grade Hispanic, Black, and White examinees. The process began at the broadest level of analyzing bundles of items for differential bundle functioning and finished at the narrowest level of analyzing individual items for differential distractor functioning. Some evidence was found to indicate that inferential items are more susceptible to cultural bias than literal items. Implications of the results are discussed, and suggestions for item writers and test developers are given. (Contains 8 tables, 2 figures, and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10