The Relationship of Ethnic Group Membership to the Measurement and Meaning of Attitudes Towards Reading: Implications for Validity of Test Score Interpretations.

Plake, Barbara S.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1982

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The Relationship of Ethnic Group Membership to the Measurement and Meaning of Attitudes Towards Reading: Implications for Validity of Test Score Interpretations.

Plake, Barbara S.; And Others

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v42 n4 p1259-67 Win 1982

The use of the Estes Reading Attitude Scale as a measure of academic attitude of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth- grade Mexican-American and Anglo student groups did not lead to substantial bias in test score interpretation. These results indicate that responses on the test as a whole can be judged as valid. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Measures, Ethnic Groups, Factor Structure, Intermediate Grades, Mexican Americans, Reading Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Test Bias, Test Interpretation, Test Validity

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Estes Attitude Scale

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