Reconsidering the consequences: Gender differentials in performance and placement in the 2001 SEA

dc.contributor.authorDe Lisle, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-15T19:54:57Z
dc.date.available2010-04-15T19:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides an analysis of the gender fairness and consequences associated with the test design used for the 2001 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) in Trinidad and Tobago. It is argued that the rationale for choosing the SEA test design emphasized the usefulness and purpose of the selection instrument, but failed to consider one significant consequence: the likelihood of adverse impact resulting from large performance differentials in favour of females. The study also tests the hypotheses that gender differences are (1) institution-specific and (2) vary across ability groups. The major findings were that patterns of gender inequity were complex and sometimes even contradictory, with females favoured on SEA composite total score, language arts, and creative writing and males favoured on the placement process. However, males and females performed similarly in mathematics. An analysis across different ability groups indicated that large differentials favouring females were more likely among students below the 50th percentile. On the other hand, among higher achievers, males performed just as well as females. The gender fairness of five alternative SEA test designs was evaluated using Willingham's (1999) social matrixen
dc.identifier.citationDe Lisle, J., and Smith, P. (2004). Reconsidering the consequences: Gender differentials in performance and placement in the 2001 SEA. Caribbean Curriculum, 11, 23-55en
dc.identifier.issn1017-5636
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/6620
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSchool of Education, UWI, St. Augustineen
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen
dc.subjectStudent evaluationen
dc.subjectSecondary Entrance Assessment examinationen
dc.subjectExamination resultsen
dc.subjectGender differencesen
dc.subjectPrimary school studentsen
dc.subjectTest constructionen
dc.subjectTrinidad and Tobagoen
dc.titleReconsidering the consequences: Gender differentials in performance and placement in the 2001 SEAen
dc.typeArticleen

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