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Differential Item Functioning in Terms of Age in the Certificate in Advanced English Examination
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Geranpayeh, Ardeshir; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2007
When standardized English-language tests are administered to test takers worldwide, the test-taking population could be varied on a number of personal and educational characteristics such as age, gender, first language, and academic discipline. As test tasks and test items may not always be prepared keeping this diversity of characteristics in…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Test Items, Language Tests, Intellectual Disciplines