Reducing Bias in Language Assessment: Processing-Dependent Measures

• Published in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 519 - 525
• Main Authors: Campbell, Thomas, Dollaghan, Chris, Needleman, Herbert, Janosky, Janine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States ASHA 01.06.1997
• Subjects: Achievement; Adolescents; Assessment; Bias; Child; Children; Educational Diagnosis; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Ethnic groups; Humans; Language; Language Development; Language Disorders - diagnosis; Language Impairments; Language Skills; Language Tests; Language Tests - standards; Language Tests - statistics & numerical data; Male; Minority Group Children; Minority Groups; Minority Groups - psychology; Psycholinguistics; Reduction; Sampling Studies; Student Experience; Test Bias; Test Use

One potential solution to the problem of eliminating bias in language assessment is to identify valid measures that are not affected by subjects' prior knowledge or experience. In this study, 156 randomly selected school-age boys (31% majority; 69% minority) participated in three “processing-de...