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Marini, Jessica P.; Westrick, Paul A.; Young, Linda; Shaw, Emily J. – College Board, 2022
This study examines relationships between digital SAT scores and other relevant educational measures, such as high school grade point average (HSGPA), PSAT/NMSQT Total score, and Average AP Exam score, and compares those relationships to current paper and pencil SAT score relationships with the same measures. This information can provide…
Descriptors: Scores, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Test Format
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance While Reducing Achievement Gaps," examined the impact of frequent online testing and immediate feedback on the academic performance of college students. The study was conducted at the University of Texas in the fall of 2008 and 2011. Researchers found…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Class Size, Student Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Steinberg, Jonathan; Brenneman, Meghan; Castellano, Karen; Lin, Peng; Miller, Susanne – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
Test providers are increasingly moving toward exclusively administering assessments by computer. Computerized testing is becoming more desirable for test takers because of increased opportunities to test, faster turnaround of individual scores, or perhaps other factors, offering potential benefits for those who may be struggling to pass licensure…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement, Test Format
Pless, Anica – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Test anxiety creates problems for many students, and can have a negative impact on the academic performance of many who suffer from it (Jones & Petruzzi, 1995). Typical treatment components for test anxiety involve psychoeducation, relaxation training, gradual exposure, cognitive restructuring, study skills training, and relapse prevention.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Study Skills, Test Anxiety, Control Groups
Dosch, Michael P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The general aim of the present retrospective study was to examine the test mode effect, that is, the difference in performance when tests are taken on computer (CBT), or by paper and pencil (PnP). The specific purpose was to examine the degree to which extensive practice in CBT in graduate students in nurse anesthesia would raise scores on a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Graduate Students, Grade Point Average, Nurses
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Wieling, M. B.; Hofman, W. H. A. – Computers & Education, 2010
To what extent a blended learning configuration of face-to-face lectures, online on-demand video recordings of the face-to-face lectures and the offering of online quizzes with appropriate feedback has an additional positive impact on the performance of these students compared to the traditional face-to-face course approach? In a between-subjects…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Lecture Method
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Napoli, Anthony R.; Hiltner, George J., III – Journal of Developmental Education, 1993
Describes two studies evaluating developmental reading instruction at Suffolk Community College, New York. One compared grade point averages (GPAs) for developmental reading students and two naturally occurring comparison groups. The other used pre- and posttest scores on the College Board's Computerized Placement Tests to document developmental…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Grade Point Average