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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Zilberberg, Anna; Finney, Sara J.; Marsh, Kimberly R.; Anderson, Robin D. – International Journal of Testing, 2014
Given worldwide prevalence of low-stakes testing for monitoring educational quality and students' progress through school (e.g., Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, Program for International Student Assessment), interpretability of resulting test scores is of global concern. The nonconsequential nature of low-stakes tests…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Test Validity, Accountability
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Brown, Allison R.; Finney, Sara J. – International Journal of Testing, 2011
The current study examined whether psychological reactance differs across compliant and non-compliant examinees. Given the lack of consensus regarding the factor structure and scoring of the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale (HPRS), its factor structure was evaluated and subsequently tested for measurement invariance (configural, metric, and…
Descriptors: Testing, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Compliance (Psychology)
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Barry, Carol L.; Horst, S. Jeanne; Finney, Sara J.; Brown, Allison R.; Kopp, Jason P. – International Journal of Testing, 2010
Given the prevalence of low-stakes testing internationally (e.g., NAEP, TIMSS, PIRLS), it is crucial to try to better understand examinee motivation in these contexts. In the current study, mixture modeling results supported three different profiles of test-taking effort over the course of five tests. Classes 1 and 2 had varying levels of effort…
Descriptors: Testing, Comparative Analysis, Accountability, College Students