Factorial Invariance of the California Achievement Tests across Race and Sex.

Powers, Stephen; Jones, Patricia B.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Factorial Invariance of the California Achievement Tests across Race and Sex.

Powers, Stephen; Jones, Patricia B.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v44 n4 p967-75 Win 1984

The six California Achievement Tests (CAT) subtests were factor analyzed separately for Black males, Black females, Hispanic males, Hispanic females, White males, and White females, in the fifth and seventh grades. the CAT was found to be essentially invariant with regard to race and sex. (Author/BS)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blacks, Factor Structure, Hispanic Americans, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Multivariate Analysis, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Test Bias, Test Validity, Whites

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: California Achievement Tests

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