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Direct linkArce, Alvaro J.; Young, Michael J. – International Journal of Testing, 2022
The paper argues that contemporary test validity theory places the consequences of testing on the lives of all college applicants at the back of the test validation argument. It introduces the notion of test efficacy as a process to gather evidence on claims on consequences of testing on all college applicants that can be traced back to validity.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Theory, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations
Evers, Arne; McCormick, Carina M.; Hawley, Leslie R.; Muñiz, José; Balboni, Giulia; Bartram, Dave; Boben, Dusica; Egeland, Jens; El-Hassan, Karma; Fernández-Hermida, José R.; Fine, Saul; Frans, Örjan; Gintiliené, Grazina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Halama, Peter; Iliescu, Dragos; Jaworowska, Aleksandra; Jiménez, Paul; Manthouli, Marina; Matesic, Krunoslav; Michaelsen, Lars; Mogaji, Andrew; Morley-Kirk, James; Rózsa, Sándor; Rowlands, Lorraine; Schittekatte, Mark; Sümer, H. Canan; Suwartono, Tono; Urbánek, Tomáš; Wechsler, Solange; Zelenevska, Tamara; Zanev, Svetoslav; Zhang, Jianxin – International Journal of Testing, 2017
On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data…
Descriptors: Testing, Attitudes, Surveys, Psychologists
Peer reviewedWolming, Simon – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1999
Investigated the validity of the Swedish model for selection to higher education, using S. Messick's (1989) four-faceted model of validity and grade-point-average and admissions test data for 314 college students. Results challenges the unidimensional use of the selection instruments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Foreign Countries
Mattsson, Hans – School Research Newsletter, 1990
The role played by written tests in Swedish schools was studied through a survey of 1,817 eighth-grade teachers (the senior level of compulsory school in Sweden) and 589 teachers of the second year of upper secondary school in three counties in Sweden (the response rate was 75%). The survey was supplemented with 51 interviews of teachers at four…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
Download full textGustavsson, Maria – 1993
This study was designed to examine the attitudes of teachers and students in Swedish upper secondary schools in regard to the use of higher education scholastic aptitude test (SAT) scores in lieu of secondary school grades to gain entrance into higher education programs. Since 1991 applicants to higher education have been allowed to take the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Lindblad, Torsten – 1985
Six basic questions that are important to consider in foreign language testing are often taken for granted: (1) What is it that a student "knows" when he or she has acquired a foreign language, and is it measured in qualitative or quantitative terms or both? (2) What are the roles of skills and attitudes in learning a foreign language?…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHolm, Ulla – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1996
A Swedish empathy test for professional helpers, the Affect Reading Scale, was developed and tested on several occasions with 1000 caregivers in different sectors. Results support the conceptual validity of the scale and demonstrate that it is responsive to educational experiences that influence empathy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Allied Health Personnel, Construct Validity, Educational Experience
Postlethwaite, T. Neville – 1986
The use of standardized testing in secondary schools (with students between 10 and 19 years old) is described for four European countries: (1) England; (2) West Germany; (3) the Netherlands; and (4) Sweden. In the decentralized English system, several published standardized tests are available; they are used less at the secondary level than in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests
Stage, Christina – 1993
The Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) has been in use as a selection instrument for higher education since spring 1977. One of the greatest problems with the SweSAT is the gender difference in results. A number of studies have been performed in order to clarify where and why these differences are found. This paper summarizes these studies…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
Marklund, Sixten – 1984
Individual standardized test scores in major school subjects can be combined to evaluate school programs and systems. Recently, Sweden experimented with such a practice. Test scores in different subjects (Swedish, English, mathematics) were gathered, units of different size (schools, municipalities, regions) were compared, and inter-school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedWedman, Ingemar – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1994
A brief description is presented of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT), its content, and its use. The SweSAT has been used for college admission in Sweden since 1977. Some related research activities, including studies of sex differences, dimensionality, and effects of test coaching, are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedJones, Lyle V. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1994
The testing practices and tests described in the preceding articles are reviewed and compared. This cross-cultural examination identifies some issues that are common to the United States and Europe: (1) the emphasis on performance tasks, (2) the accommodation of language minorities, and (3) concerns about gender differences. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment
Heyneman, Stephen P., Ed.; Fagerlind, Ingemar, Ed. – 1988
In September 1984, the Chinese government asked the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank to assist the officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education in thinking through some policy options for examinations and standardized testing. This document summarizes the descriptions of testing programs and advice provided to these Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
