A Study of Item Bias in the Maine Educational Assessment Test

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A Study of Item Bias in the Maine Educational Assessment Test

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Education study of the cultural validity of standardized testing in Maine. Based on test performances in 1988 and 1989 from samplings of students in St. Agatha, Madawaska, Lewiston, Fort Kent, Van Buren, and Caribou. Analyzes scoring in the areas of reading and math for French bilingual and English-speaking students in these regions.

From the author: "Given the consistently lower mean test performance among State of Maine bilingual/English fluent pupils, compared to monolingual English pupils, the results of the Maine Educational Assessment in reading and mathematics were analyzed to determine where there was bias in item structure and format" (1).

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Smith, James Brian

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Date

1993

Language

en

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Thesis

Coverage

1988-1990; Maine

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Zotero

Num Pages

155

Place

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Thesis Type

Ed. D.

University

Boston College

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