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Item Performance across Native Language Groups on the Iranian National University Entrance English Exam: A Nationwide Study
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Bormanaki, Hamidreza Babaee; Ajideh, Parviz – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
This paper reports on an investigation of differential item functioning (DIF) in the Iranian Undergraduate University Entrance Special English Exam (IUUESEE) across four native language groups including the Azeri, the Persian, the Kurdish, and the Luri test takers via Rasch analysis. A total sample of 14,172 participants was selected for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Bias, Undergraduate Students, Native Language