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Ethnic Differences in Learning Potential Test Scores: Research into Item and Test Bias in the Learning Potential Test for Ethnic Minorities

Published inJournal of Cognitive Education, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 133-153
Publication date1996
Abstract

In this article the Learning Potential Test for Ethnic Minorities (LEM) is presented. The contribution focuses on whether Turkish, Moroccan, and Duthc children aged 5 to 8 years, obtain comparable results on items and whether patterns of factor loadings are equivalent in these groups. At item level, rank order correlations of item difficulty were computed. Also, the Mantel-Haenszel procedure was used to test the suitability of each item. To examine the factor structure of the tests in each group, Tucker's φ coefficients were computed and Simultaneous Components Analysis was performed. The results demonstrate that, despite some minor deviations, the LEM measures the same abilities with children from different groups.

Keywords
  • Learning potential
  • ethnic minorities
  • item bias
  • test bias
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HESSELS, Marco G.P. Ethnic Differences in Learning Potential Test Scores: Research into Item and Test Bias in the Learning Potential Test for Ethnic Minorities. In: Journal of Cognitive Education, 1996, vol. 5, n° 2, p. 133–153.
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