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Validity Issues in Test Speededness
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Lu, Ying; Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2007
Speededness refers to the situation where the time limits on a standardized test do not allow substantial numbers of examinees to fully consider all test items. When tests are not intended to measure speed of responding, speededness introduces a severe threat to the validity of interpretations based on test scores. In this article, we describe…
Descriptors: Test Items, Timed Tests, Standardized Tests, Test Validity