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Effort in Low-Stakes Assessments: What Does It Take to Perform as Well as in a High-Stakes Setting?
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Attali, Yigal – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
Performance of students in low-stakes testing situations has been a concern and focus of recent research. However, researchers who have examined the effect of stakes on performance have not been able to compare low-stakes performance to truly high-stakes performance of the same students. Results of such a comparison are reported in this article.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, High Stakes Tests, Comparative Analysis
Test-Taking Skills in College Students with and without ADHD
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Lewandowski, Lawrence; Gathje, Rebecca A.; Lovett, Benjamin J.; Gordon, Michael – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
College students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often request and receive extended time to complete high-stakes exams and classroom tests. This study examined the performances and behaviors of college students on computerized simulations of high-stakes exams. Thirty-five college students with ADHD were compared to 185 typical…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Testing, Vocabulary
Good News, Bad News.
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Baratz-Snowden, Joan – Change, 1987
The performance of black students on standardized tests is still significantly below that of their white counterparts. Data on black performance on standardized tests and trends on the factors that affect that performance are examined. The OERI study on Poverty, Achievement and the Distribution of Compensatory Education Services is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Test Anxiety and Test Performance: Comparing Paper-based and Computer-Adaptive Versions of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test.
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Powers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Tests the hypothesis that the introduction of computer-adaptive testing may help to alleviate test anxiety and diminish the relationship between test anxiety and test performance. Compares a sample of Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test takers who took the computer-adaptive version of the test with another sample who took the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Nonprint Media, Performance
Admissions Test Scores as Predictors of Career Achievement in Psychology.
Schrader, William B. – 1978
This exploratory study is concerned with identifying several measures of career attainment for psychologists and with relating these measures to Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and to other relevant characteristics. The basic hypothesis of the study is that abilities measured at the time of admission to…
Descriptors: Adults, Careers, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
GRE Scores as Predictors of Career Achievement in History.
Schrader, William B. – 1980
This exploratory study is concerned with identifying several measures of career attainment for historians and with relating these measures to Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and to other relevant characteristics. The basic hypothesis of the study is that abilities measured at the time of admission to graduate school are related to career…
Descriptors: Adults, Careers, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis