Journal article
An Analysis of the Test of Language Development—Primary for Item Bias
American journal of speech-language pathology, Vol.11(3), pp.274-284
08/2002
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2002/032)
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine the Test of Language Development-P:2 (TOLD-P:2; Newcomer & Hammill, 1991) for item bias. The TOLD-P:2 was administered to 235 African American and 1,481 White kindergarten children living in the Midwest. Test items were examined for evidence of differential item functioning (DIF) using inferential and descriptive methods. Sixteen percent of all items of the TOLD-P:2 were found to have DIF. Of these items, 75% were found to be harder for the African American group. The percentages of items on the five core subtests identified as having DIF were as follows: Picture Vocabulary, 17%; Oral Vocabulary, 17%; Grammatic Understanding, 12%; Sentence Imitation, 20%; and Grammatic Completion, 13%. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the TOLD-P:3.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An Analysis of the Test of Language Development—Primary for Item Bias
- Creators
- Carol Scheffner Hammer - The Pennsylvania State University, University ParkMaria Pennock-Roman - The Pennsylvania State University, University ParkSarah Rzasa - The Pennsylvania State University, University ParkJ. Bruce Tomblin - The University of Iowa, Ames
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of speech-language pathology, Vol.11(3), pp.274-284
- DOI
- 10.1044/1058-0360(2002/032)
- ISSN
- 1058-0360
- eISSN
- 1558-9110
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2002
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984071944702771
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