Gifted and nongifted race and gender effects on item functioning on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. 1989

R F Nolan, and D K Watlington, and V L Willson
Texas A & M University.

This study examined differential item function on the K-ABC for gifted and nongifted subjects on the basis of race and gender using the technique for partial correlation proposed by Stricker (1982) and Reynolds, Willson, and Chatman (1984). It was determined that there were no items biased against gifted Black children and that 8 items were biased against gifted White children. Three items were found to be biased against nongifted Black children, while 4 items were biased against nongifted White children. When gender was considered, 2 items were found to be biased against gifted males, and 2 items also were found to be biased against gifted females. There were 10 items that were biased against nongifted Black males and 6 items biased against nongifted females. Systematic bias against race or gender was not found. It appears that the K-ABC is a relatively nonbiased test suitable for the evaluation of both gifted and nongifted children regardless of race or gender.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007361 Intelligence Tests Standardized tests that measure the present general ability or aptitude for intellectual performance. Mental Tests,Raven Test,Raven's Progressive Matrices,Intelligence Test,Mental Test,Raven Progressive Matrices,Ravens Progressive Matrices,Test, Intelligence,Test, Mental,Test, Raven
D008297 Male Males
D009949 Orientation Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person. Cognitive Orientation,Mental Orientation,Psychological Orientation,Cognitive Orientations,Mental Orientations,Orientation, Cognitive,Orientation, Mental,Orientation, Psychological,Orientations,Orientations, Cognitive,Orientations, Mental,Orientations, Psychological,Psychological Orientations
D010364 Pattern Recognition, Visual Mental process to visually perceive a critical number of facts (the pattern), such as characters, shapes, displays, or designs. Recognition, Visual Pattern,Visual Pattern Recognition
D010466 Perceptual Closure The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the Gestalt Law of Closure. Gestalt Law of Closure,Perceptual Completion Phenomena,Closure, Perceptual,Closures, Perceptual,Completion Phenomena, Perceptual,Perceptual Closures,Phenomena, Perceptual Completion
D011939 Mental Recall The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited. Recall, Mental
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001741 Black or African American A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies. African American,African Americans,African-American,Afro-American,Afro-Americans,Black Americans,Blacks,Negroes,African-Americans,Negro,Afro American,Afro Americans,American, African,American, Black,Black American
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002657 Child Development The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE. Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant

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