Fairness in Educational Assessment and Measurement

Neil J. Dorans is in the Center for Statistical and Psychometric Theory and Practice in the Research & Development division at Educational Testing Service, where he has worked since 1979. Recipient of the NCME Career Award in 2010, he has been concerned with fairness for test takers for decades, developing procedures for the quantitative assessment of fairness at both the item and score levels.Linda L. Cook, President of the NCME in 2011-2012, was employed at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ from 1978 until she retired in 2010. While at ETS, she served as Vice President of the Assessment Division and Executive Director of the SAT testing program. Improving the fairness of inferences made from assessments remains a major professional focus for her, particularly in the area of accessibility.

• ContentsForeword – B. Plake Introduction – Neil J. Dorans and Linda L. Cook Part I: Ensuring Fairness in Test Design, Construction, Administration and Scoring Fairness in Test Design and Development – Michael J. Zieky Maintaining Fairness Through Test Administration – James A. Wollack & Susan M. Case Fairness in Test Scoring – Randall D. Penfield Fairness in Score Interpretation – Jinghua Liu & Neil J. Dorans Commentary on Ensuring Fairness in Test Design, Construction, Administration and Scoring – Sandip Sinharay Part II: Assessing the Fairness of Comparisons under Divergent Measurement Conditions The Fairness of Comparing Test Scores Across Different Tests or Modes of Administration – Mary Pommerich Comparing Test Scores across Grade Levels – Katherine E. Castellano and Michael J. Kolen Testing Individuals in Special Populations – Elizabeth A. Stone and Linda L. Cook Comparing Scores from Tests Administered in Different Languages – Stephen G. Sireci, Joseph A. Rios, and Sonya Powers Commentary on the Assessment of the Fairness of Comparisons under Divergent Measurement Conditions – David ThissenPart III: Perspectives on Fair Assessment Fairness Using Derived Scores – Edward Haertel and Andrew Ho Legal Aspects of Test Fairness – Susan E. Phillips Philosophical Perspectives on Fairness in Educational Assessment – Rebecca Zwick and Neil J. Dorans Commentary on "Perspectives on Fair Assessment" – Frank C. Worrell The Implications of Societal Changes for Fairness Assessment – Neil J. Dorans and Linda L. Cook