Differential Item Functioning: Implications for English Testing in China

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10.2991/assehr.k.211122.164How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Differential Item Functioning; test validity; test fairness; English testing

Abstract

This paper aims to recapitulate an important concept in test validity and fairness, namely Differential Item Functioning (DIF). Then comes the discussion about the present DIF studies in the testing of English as a foreign language. Finally, after pointing out the limits and problems of the present DIF study on English testing in China, suggestions are given in this paper which indicates that the DIF study on English proficiency tests in China should focus on different education conditions, different academic backgrounds, and different DIF levels.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ligang Liu
AU  - Song Wang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - Differential Item Functioning: Implications for English Testing in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 601
EP  - 607
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211122.164
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211122.164
ID  - Liu2021
ER  -