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Oliveri, Maria Elena; Ercikan, Kadriye; Simon, Marielle – International Journal of Testing, 2015
The assessment of linguistic minorities often involves using multiple language versions of assessments. In these assessments, comparability of scores across language groups is central to valid comparative interpretations. Various frameworks and guidelines describe factors that need to be considered when developing comparable assessments. These…
Descriptors: Multilingual Materials, Language Minorities, Tests, Test Construction
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Ercikan, Kadriye – International Journal of Testing, 2002
Disentangled sources of differential item functioning (DIF) in a multilanguage assessment for which multiple factors were expected to be causing DIF. Data for the Third International Mathematics and Science study for four countries and two languages (3,000 to 11,000 cases in each comparison group) reveal amounts and sources of DIF. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, English, French, International Studies