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Literacy assessment practices: Moving from standardised to ecologically valid assessments in secondary schools [PDF]
, 2007 SSLI test protocol data revealed the dominance of 'central' literacy measures and 'local' subject-specific measures aligned to institutional requirements, curriculum and national examination content.
Whitehead, David
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Group differences in test-taking behaviour: an example from a high-stakes testing program
, 2017 This study investigated whether different groups of test-takers vary in their reported test-taking behaviour in a high-stakes test situation. A between-group design (N = 1129) was used to examine whether high and low achievers, as well as females and ...
Tova Stenlund +2 more
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Explicating an English speaking examination : challenges and considerations [PDF]
, 2013 The assessment of speaking has become increasingly important in most language learning programmes. The Maltese postsecondary context saw the revision of the MATSEC Advanced English syllabus and the subsequent introduction of a speaking component as part ...
Vella Briffa, Patricia
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Testing: A Systemic Functional View of High Stakes Test Preparation Materials
Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 2011 Los docentes de inglés usan con frecuencia materiales de preparación para ayudarles a los aprendices a tomar exámenes estandarizados que midan su conocimiento en esta lengua. Este estudio usa herramientas de la lingüística sistémica funcional (SFL), para
Joshua Schulze
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On the Construct Validity of the Reading Section of the University of Tehran English Proficiency Test [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2011 University of Tehran administers a test known as The University of Tehran English Proficiency Test (the UTEPT) to PhD candidates on a yearly basis. By definition, the test can be considered a high-stakes one. The validity of high stakes tests needs to be
Mohammad Salehi
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, 2013 Relatively recent federal education initiatives, such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB; 2001), have focused on school accountability for student achievement including achievement of traditionally at-risk populations, such as students in special education,
Trinkle, James M., II
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, 2015 Since at least the mid-1980s claims have been made for rationality in rats. For example, that rats are capable of inferential reasoning (Blaisdell, Sawa, Leising, & Waldmann, 2006; Bunsey & Eichenbaum, 1996), or that they can make ...
Stephane, Savanah
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Journal of IntelligenceAlthough cognitive ability tests are among the best predictors of job and training performance, their acceptance among applicants is limited. However, with the current talent shortage, applicant reactions to assessments have become increasingly important.
Marie L. Ohlms, Klaus G. Melchers
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L2 pragmatics underrepresentation as a washback mechanism in EFL contexts: Linking test-design features to high-stakes test use [PDF]
Teaching English Language, 2014 Considering the status of 'washback' in validity theory and research, Messick warns that, to establish test validity, one should not rely merely on washback, with all its complexity, but should instead probe test design properties (i.e., authenticity and
Azizullah Mirzaei +2 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2019 A persistent “gender penalty” in exam performance disproportionately impacts women in large introductory science courses, where exam grades generally account for the majority of the students' assessment of learning.
Shima Salehi +10 more
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