Test Bias Flashcards
What is Technical Bias?
The degree to which the test predicts treatments across different ethnic groups.
What are the two aspects of test bias?
Technical bias, and how the test is used in decision making.
What is the Egalitarian Definition of test bias?
All groups should perform at equal levels. If the groups perform differently, the test is biased. For example men are typically taller than women, therefore the tape measure is biased because being a man should not affect height.
What is the Standardization Definition of test bias?
Tests are biased against any group that is excluded from the norm group.
What is the Culture Bound Definition of test bias?
Test items can be culturally loaded to varying degrees. Culturally loaded items require access to specific knowledge in order to get those items correct. (Pop culture questions for example).
What is Content Validity Bias?
Content Validity Bias occurs when items/tests are more difficult for one group of people than for others when the ability level is held constant.
What is Construct Validity Bias?
Does the test measure the same construct for different groups? When factor analysis is done on constructs, the same factors should be presents for all groups who are given the test.
What is Predictive Validity Bias?
The degree to which a test predicts outcomes differently for different groups. If correlations between achievement and IQ are different for two different groups, then the test is biased.
What is Acculturation?
Cultural, psychological changes that result from contact with culturally dissimilar groups. Essentially, the degree to which someone assimilates into a new group.
T/F: All tests have some degree of cultural loading.
True
What is Bilingual Assessment?
An assessment of a bilingual child that is conducted by a bilingual school psychologist.
What is Ecological Assessment?
Assessing the quality of the child’s school and community in terms of the support they have for language learning. Also can determine if the child has skills that would be adaptive in their home culture.
What is the purpose of Culture-Language Interpretive Matrices?
CLIMs attempt to tease apart if test scores are systematically affected by the degree of language and culture loading. Empirical support for this is lacking.
What is Assessment of Bilingual Children?
Assessment conducted by a monolingual English speaking SP who is trained in nondiscriminatory assessment, and competent in cultural and linguistic issues.
What is Bias Investigation?
A statistical inquiry that does not concern itself with culture loading or test use/fairness.
