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Direct linkSteedle, Jeffrey T. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
Possible lack of motivation is a perpetual concern when tests have no stakes attached to performance. Specifically, the validity of test score interpretations may be compromised when examinees are unmotivated to exert their best efforts. Motivation filtering, a procedure that filters out apparently unmotivated examinees, was applied to the…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Student Motivation, Sampling, Validity
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1998
The validity of interpretations of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) achievement levels is evaluated by focusing on evidence regarding three types of discrepancies: (1) between standards; (2) among descriptions of achievement levels; and (3) between assessments and content standards. All of these discrepancies raise serious…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
