*Norm Referenced Te'sts; Occupational Tests; Reading Tests; Sex Discrimination; *Statistidal Analysis;

This study develops a procedure for detecting items which are biased for particular ethnic groups and, utilizes this procedure to evaluate the fairness of reading, mathematics, and occupational information test items for several ethnic groups. The population for each ethnic group was chosen from, examinees administered the 1973 version of the Florida Eighth Grade TeSting Program (FEGTP). In this study, an item was considered biased if it manifested an Item X group interaction. Few biased items were detected on the Reading, Mathematics, and Occupational Information tests of the FEGTP. (Author/RC) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. nevertheless, items of marginal * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes availabl