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Zeidner, Moshe

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A Comparison of Ethnic, Sex and Age Bias in the Predictive Validity of English Language Aptitude Tests: Some Israeli Data.

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Zeidner, Moshe – Language Testing, 1987

Analysis of the English language aptitude test scores of 824 full-time Jewish students studying at a major Israeli university evidenced both slope and intercept bias by ethnicity (Western or Oriental), and by gender, tending significantly to overpredict or underpredict students' first-year cumulative grade point averages. (31 references)…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Culture Fair Tests, English (Second Language)

Are English Language Aptitude Tests Biased towards Culturally Different Minority Groups? Some Israeli Findings.

Peer reviewed

Zeidner, Moshe – Language Testing, 1986

Examines the validity of the cultural bias contention with respect to English aptitude tests by looking at test scores of Jewish and Arab students applying for admission to a college in Israel. Results show evidence for differential construct or predictive validity of test scores as a function of cultural group membership. (31 references)…

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arabic, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests