As American colleges become more diverse, cultural differences among students raise important concerns about large scale assessment of students whose primary language is not English. Are the scores obtained by these students comparable to the scores of U.S. students for whom the assessments are designed? Score comparability ensures that the meaning and interpretation of test scores are the same for all groups of students. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of lingual background and item format on the test performance of bilinguals. Contrary to what was expected,...
As American colleges become more diverse, cultural differences among students raise important concerns about large scale assessment of students whose ...
