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Twist, Liz; Sainsbury, Marian – Educational Research, 2009
Background: In England, there are concerns about boys' under-achievement in reading, and girls consistently do better than boys in national reading tests taken by 11-year-olds. At the same time, there have been accusations of bias in the content of the reading tests. Purpose: This article looks at the performance of boys and girls on the 2008…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Females, Reading Tests, Foreign Countries
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Stricker, Lawrence J.; Wilder, Gita Z.; Bridgeman, Brent – International Journal of Testing, 2006
The aim of this study was to assess test takers' attitudes and beliefs about an admissions test used extensively in graduate schools of business in the United States, the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and the relationships of these attitudes and beliefs to test performance. A set of attitude and belief items was administered by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Wiseness, Gender Differences, Ethnic Groups