The study was conducted to examine properties of the simulated tests (such as blueprint fulfillment and item exposure) and the quality of the resulting
examinee score estimates (including bias and precision).
The study was conducted in order to examine properties of the simulated tests (such as blueprint fulfillment and item exposure) and the quality of
the examinee score estimates (including bias and precision).
Not exact matches
Indeed, one study discovered, «the more that
examinees liked a particular topic, the lower they
scored on an essay they subsequently wrote on that topic!»
Potential elementary school teachers in 21 states take the same test for licensure — the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching exam — with a possible
score range of 100 to 200.11 Teachers in Iowa must earn a scaled
score of 167 to pass, while teachers in Alabama pass with a scaled
score of just 145.12 The average performance range — defined as the range of scaled
scores earned by the middle 50 percent of the
examinees — is 168 to 182; both Iowa's and Alabama's cut
scores were well below the median
score of 176.13
Examinees can enter their
scores into OpenEd to receive customized suggestions for resources directed at strengthening their knowledge for improving future PreACT or ACT test
scores.
Examinees may, for example, use complicated words, use formulaic but logically incoherent language, or artificially increase the length of the essay to try and improve their
scores.»
Both
examinees argued the tests, administered and
scored by Pearson Vue, lacked validity and reliability in its
scoring process.
The
examinee should be able to recall 9 out of the 15 items, a
score below that is considered to indicate malingering.
Good measurement requires that test
scores have the same meaning across all relevant
examinee groups.