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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In studies on second language writing, linguistic complexity exhibited by learners has long been regarded as being indicative of writing proficiency.
Leyi Qian, Yan Cheng, Yali Zhao
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Stake effects on ambiguity attitudes for gains and losses [PDF]
, 2017 We test the effect of stake size on ambiguity attitudes. Compared to a baseline condition, we find subjects to be more ambiguity seeking for small- probability gains and large-probability losses under high stakes.
Bouchouicha, Ranoua +3 more
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Incentives and responses under no child left behind: Credible threats and the role of competition [PDF]
, 2011 The No Child Left Behind law mandated the institution of adequate yearly progress (AYP) objectives, on which schools are assigned a pass or fail. Fail status is associated with negative publicity and often sanctions. In this paper, I study the incentives
Chakrabarti, Rajashri
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High-Stakes Testing and Student Achievement: Problems for the No Child Left Behind Act [PDF]
, 2005 Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), standardized test scores are the indicator used to hold schools and school districts accountable for student achievement.
David C. Berliner +2 more
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Examining the Myth of Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, and the Achievement Gap [PDF]
, 2018 In this article we outline how notions of accountability and the achievement gap have relied upon the massive expansion of high-stakes exams in our nation’s schools. Texas-style test and punish accountability manifested in various ways within schools and
Brewer, T. Jameson +2 more
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Topic and background knowledge effects on performance in speaking assessment [PDF]
, 2015 This study explores the extent to which topic and background knowledge of topic affect spoken performance in a high-stakes speaking test. It is argued that evidence of a substantial influence may introduce construct-irrelevant variance and undermine ...
Khabbazbashi, Nahal
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European journal of physics, 2022 Many prior studies have investigated female and male students’ self-efficacy (SE) in physics courses. However, test anxiety (TA) is rarely studied in the physics context, despite prior work suggesting it may play a detrimental role in the development of ...
Alysa Malespina, C. Singh
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On the Statistical and Heuristic Difficulty Estimates of a High Stakes Test in Iran
International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2019 The findings of previous research into thecompatibility of stakeholders’ perceptions with statistical estimations of itemdifficulty are not seemingly consistent. Furthermore, most research shows thatteachers’ estimation of item difficulty is not reliable
Alireza Ahmadi +2 more
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The Impact of Standardised Testing on Later High Stakes Test Outcomes [PDF]
, 2017 Standardised tests are a common, yet contentious, feature of many countries’ schooling systems. In May 2010, over one-quarter of English primary schools boycotted that year’s mandatory age eleven standardised tests (colloquially known as SATs tests ...
Regan-Stansfield, Joseph
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High-stakes test anxiety among Taiwanese adolescents: a longitudinal study
Cogent EducationThis study examined changes of test anxiety under the reform of the examination system in Taiwan. We sampled 46,361 Grade 9 students in Taiwan for 9 consecutive years starting from 2011 to collect data on their test anxiety, cram school attendance ...
Tzu-Yang Chao +2 more
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