Test Difficulty and Stereotype Threat on the GRE General Test GRE
- Author(s):
- Stricker, Lawrence J.; Bejar, Isaac I.
- Publication Year:
- 1999
- Report Number:
- RR-99-19
- Source:
- ETS Research Report
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 47
- Subject/Key Words:
- Black Stereotypes, Black Students, College Seniors, Computer-Assisted Testing, Differential Item Difficulty, Graduate Students, Self Esteem, Sex Stereotypes, Test Anxiety, White Students, Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Abstract
Reducing test difficulty did not affect test performance or explicit indexes of stereotype threat for any group, but it lowered the anxiety of White students and women and raised the self-esteem of White students.
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