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Hill, Kathryn; McNamara, Tim – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Those who work in second- and foreign-language testing often find Koretz's concern for validity inferences under high-stakes (VIHS) conditions both welcome and familiar. While the focus of the article is more narrowly on the potential for two instructional responses to test-based accountability, "reallocation" and "coaching,"…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Validity, High Stakes Tests, Inferences
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Brunner, Martin; Artelt, Cordula; Krauss, Steffan; Baumert, Jurgen – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Coaching is known to improve student performance on tests with high personal relevance ("high-stakes tests"). We investigate whether the same holds for a test that has no personal relevance for the students taking it ("low-stakes test"). More specifically, we explore whether student performance on the reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Coaching, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design