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Dasher, Holly; Pilgrim, Jodi – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2022
Schools around the nation are increasingly offering online testing options. House Bill (HB) 3906, passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019, resulted in the STAAR redesign, which will be administered in the 2022--2023 school year. The STAAR redesign includes several components including an online test administration for the STAAR. With the…
Descriptors: Test Format, Reading Tests, School Districts, Achievement Tests
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Patience, Nwamuo A.; Chinyere, Ihekwaba N. – African Educational Research Journal, 2014
Test anxiety which implies excessive worry about doing well on a test by students no matter the level can become a major hindrance on test performance and can cause extreme nervousness and memory lapses among other symptoms. This study x-rayed and investigated the level of test anxiety among students in tertiary institutions using Alvan Ikoku…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Anxiety, College Students, Gender Differences
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Haggerty, John F.; Fox, Janna – Language Testing in Asia, 2015
Drawing on second language (L2) motivation constructs modelled on Dörnyei's (2009) L2 Motivational Self System, this study explores the relationship between language testing experience and the motivation to learn English among young adolescents (aged 12-15) in South Korea. A 40-item questionnaire was administered to middle-school students (N =…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Yu, Guoxing; He, Lianzhen; Rea-Dickins, Pauline; Kiely, Richard; Lu, Yanbin; Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Yan; Xu, Shasha; Fang, Lin – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Language test preparation has often been studied within the consequential validity framework in relation to ethics, equity, fairness, and washback of assessment. The use of independent and integrated speaking tasks in the "TOEFL iBT"® test represents a significant development and innovation in assessing speaking ability in academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
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Hong, Eunsook; Peng, Yun – Learning and Instruction, 2008
The effect of Chinese students' perceived test value on test performance was examined with motivational and metacognitive regulation during test preparation as mediating constructs. Participants were 7th (N = 326) and 11th graders (N = 391) in China. Two path models were examined. Students' perceived test value had a significant direct effect on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Age Differences, Metacognition, Path Analysis