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Defining Group Membership: The Impact of Multiple Versus Single Ethnic/Racial Categories on Testing Practices
Cathy Wendler; Miriam Feigenbaum; Merida Escandon;
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12/01/2001

The SAT Program undertook two studies aimed at evaluating the impact of allowing students to indicate more than one ethnic/racial category. Results of this study indicated that there is little impact on DIF analyses when different definitions of ethnic/racial classifications are used compared to traditionally defined classifications. Unitl the percentage of students representing multiple ethnic/racial categories increases, it is unlikely that current testing practices need to be modified.

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