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Peer reviewedWang, Ning; Lane, Suzanne – Applied Measurement in Education, 1996
Three different differential item functioning (DIF) detection methods were used to examine the extent to which items in a mathematics performance assessment functioned differently for matched gender groups from a sample of 1,782 sixth and seventh graders. Implications of the finding that two items were potentially biased are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
