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ERIC Number: EJ507622
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1522
Can We Know Whether Pupils Are Passing the "Fair Test?"
Swatton, Peter
Research Papers in Education, v10 n1 p51-73 Mar 1995
British students completed assessments examining the extent to which they could control variables and ways factors like question format and context affected their test performance. Factors within the questions, rather than skills themselves, led to large variations in facility. Aspects of the questions themselves were the most significant performance determinants. (SM)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Evaluation, Test Wiseness, Tests
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Fairness; Testing Effects