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Download full textGelin, Michaela N.; Zumbo, Bruno D. – 2003
This study introduced and demonstrated a new methodology for item and test bias studies: moderated differential item functioning (DIF). This technique expands the DIF methodology to incorporate contextual and sociological variables as moderating effects of the DIF. The study explored differential domain functioning (DDF), so that the focus of…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Context Effect, Ecological Factors, Educational Sociology
Masters, Geofferey; And Others – 1990
This publication on the New South Wales' Basic Skills Testing Program (BSTP) describes the development of the program's tests, the analysis of students' results, and the communication of results to parents, teachers, and schools. In BSTP tests, basic skills are defined not as low-level, rudimentary survival skills, but as major areas of learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
