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Wise, Steven L.; Ma, Lingling; Kingsbury, G. Gage; Hauser, Carl – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2010
This study investigated the relationships between when a test is administered and the amount of test-taking effort exhibited by examinees. Three time-related variables were investigated: the time of year the test was administered, the day of the week the test event occurred, and the time of day that the test event occurred. Mean effort did not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Test Wiseness, Investigations, Schematic Studies
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Wise, Vicki L.; Wise, Steven L.; Bhola, Dennison S. – Educational Assessment, 2006
Accountability for educational quality is a priority at all levels of education. Low-stakes testing is one way to measure the quality of education that students receive and make inferences about what students know and can do. Aggregate test scores from low-stakes testing programs are suspect, however, to the degree that these scores are influenced…
Descriptors: Motivation, Scores, Test Validity, Accountability