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Randall, Jennifer; Cheong, Yuk Fai; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
To address whether or not modifications in test administration influence item functioning for students with disabilities on a high-stakes statewide problem-solving assessment, a sample of 868 students (with and without disabilities) from 74 Georgia schools were randomly assigned to one of three testing conditions (resource guide, calculator, or…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Context Effect, Test Bias
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Engelhard, George, Jr.; Fincher, Melissa; Domaleski, Christopher S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2011
This study examines the effects of two test administration accommodations on the mathematics performance of students within the context of a large-scale statewide assessment. The two test administration accommodations were resource guides and calculators. A stratified random sample of schools was selected to represent the demographic…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Disabilities, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness
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Engelhard, George, Jr. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2009
The major purpose of this study is to describe a conceptual framework for examining differential item functioning (DIF) and differential person functioning (DPF) as types of model-data misfit within the context of assessing students with disabilities. Specifically, DIF and DPF can be viewed through the lens of residual analyses. Residual analyses…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Bias, Disabilities, Special Needs Students