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The Effect of Missing Data Treatment on Mantel-Haenszel DIF Detection
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Emenogu, Barnabas C.; Falenchuk, Olesya; Childs, Ruth A. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2010
Most implementations of the Mantel-Haenszel differential item functioning procedure delete records with missing responses or replace missing responses with scores of 0. These treatments of missing data make strong assumptions about the causes of the missing data. Such assumptions may be particularly problematic when groups differ in their patterns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Bias, Test Items, Educational Testing
Educational and Psychological Tests: Who Should Use Them?
Wand, Barbara – School Guidance Worker, 1978
This research discusses the dilemma of who should use educational and psychological tests. It is suggested that educational and social institutions moniter the use of testing in their areas. Public awareness of testing is increasing and critical. (MFD)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Can Testing Serve Minority Needs?
Samuda, Ronald James; Tinglin, Winston H. – School Guidance Worker, 1978
This article asks if testing can serve minority needs. The review suggests that testing can serve a useful purpose if it will help ensure quality to all students. (MFD)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Measuring Intelligence of Minority Children in Canadian Multicultural Contexts.
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Tamaoka, Katsuo – 1988
Heavy migration into Canada and migration from Native rural communities to urban areas has made it necessary to identify appropriate instruments for assessing minority children's academic abilities. In Canada, IQ tests have been used extensively for academic placement in school. This paper reviews the literature evaluating cultural bias in IQ…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Culture Fair Tests
Testing and the Counsellor.
Anderson, Kent E.; And Others – School Guidance Worker, 1984
Presents nine articles dealing with aspects of testing and the role of the school counselor. Topics include interpreting test scores, testing problems and solutions, developing tests to predict dropping out, sex bias in vocational testing, detecting bias in standardized tests, assessments of reentry adults, and interest tests for adults. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Counselor Role, Dropout Prevention
A General Testing Model for Microcomputer Assessment in Education.
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Varnhagen, Stanley; Calder, Peter W. – 1985
The Microcomputer Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) was designed to broaden the use of microcomputers in student testing, for elementary and secondary school use, and for a variety of test item formats. MDTP was designed to administer tests, to allow teachers to create or revise tests, to print out test forms when desired, to score tests, to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Testing, Assessment, Counselling and Placement of Ethnic Minority Students. Current Methods in Ontario.
Samuda, Ronald J.; Crawford, Douglas H. – 1980
New Canadian minority students, ages 6-16 were the subjects of this study on evaluation practices, educational policies, and placement procedures. The term denotes immigrants of West Indian, East Indian, or Portuguese origin, or other non-Anglo-Saxon background. Structured interviews were conducted with 34 Ontario boards of education and with 245…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Counseling Services, Cultural Pluralism