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Poliandri, Donatella; Cardone, Michele; Muzzioli, Paola; Romiti, Sara – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study is to validate a test anxiety scale for Italian students. The scale is part of a questionnaire administered after the students' annual competence test by the National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training (INVALSI). The aim of the scale is to explore the anxiety levels of Italian students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Standardized Tests, Rating Scales, Questionnaires
Wilkerson, Judy R.; Lang, W. Steve – Online Submission, 2008
U.S. teacher educators are faced with serious challenges to demonstrate the quality of the graduates they prepare. These challenges are expressed in the country's fixation on accountability and testing. We are witnessing the growth of standardized tests and alternative routes to certification as panaceas intended to solve the teacher shortage…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, State Programs, Teacher Shortage, Program Validation
Phelps, Richard P. – Online Submission, 2005
John J. Cannell's late 1980s "Lake Wobegon" reports suggested widespread deliberate educator manipulation of norm-referenced standardized test (NRT) administrations and results, resulting in artificial test score gains. The Cannell studies have been referenced in education research since, but as evidence that high stakes (and not cheating or lax…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Achievement Gains, Standardized Tests, Norm Referenced Tests