The purpose of this paper is to discuss ideas related to test preparation. Specifically, the authors focus on physical education teacher preparation programs. The paper discusses the current high-stakes testing landscape that exists in teacher education, shares the T.E.S.T. model (Translate, Eliminate, Solve or Substitute, and (avoid) Tricks) for test preparation, examines how self-efficacy is ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether people respond differently to low and high stakes in Dictator and Ultimatum Games. We assumed that if we raised the stakes high enough, we would observe more self-orientated behavior because fairness would become too costly, in spite of a possible risk of a higher punishment. METHODS A questionnaire was completed by a sample of 524 uni...

Abstract High-stakes language tests are used around the world as a gatekeeping tool under internationalization of higher education. However, predictable aspect high-stakes is seldom discussed, especially from students’ perspectives. This study aims to address this gap by aiming better understand how certain factors and conditions contribute predictability issue IELTS perspectives within context...

This paper details our experience designing a privacy preserving medical marijuana registry. In this paper, we make four key contributions. First, through direct and indirect interaction with multiple stakeholders like the ACLU of Washington, law enforcement, the Cannabis Defense Coalition, state legislators, lawyers, and many others, we describe a number of intersting technical and socially-im...

C heating is a potentially serious problem on high-stakes tests, such as the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), because it can result in under-qualified individuals receiving their Board’s certification to practice, thereby undermining the certification process. Because cheating on exams has such serious ramifications, it is important for test administrators to minimize cheating opportunities and detec...

We examined whether students were accurate in predicting their test performance both low-stakes and high-stakes testing contexts. The sample comprised U.S. high school enrolled an advanced placement (AP) statistics course during the 2017–2018 academic year (N = 209; Mage 16.6 years). found that even two months before taking AP exam, a stakes summative assessment, moderately actual scores (?weig...

While the use of high-stakes testing in education is increasingly common, it is also controversial as opponents argue that these tests lead to distortion of teacher activity towards the test and away from activities that are not incentivized. An alternate use of tests that is suggested as a way of improving student learning outcomes is to use lowstakes tests to provide teachers with detailed di...

To investigate the construct validly of a section of a high stakes test, an exploratory factor analysis using principal components analysis was employed. The rotation used was varimax with the suppression level of .30. Eleven factors were extracted out of 35 reading comprehension items. The fact that these factors emerged speak to the construct validity of the test. However the problem of over-...

This article describes what a Web-based language test (WBT) is, how WBTs differ from traditional computer-based tests, and what uses WBTs have in language testing. After a brief review of computer-based testing, WBTs are defined and categorized as low-tech or high tech. Since low-tech tests are the more feasible, they will constitute the focus of this paper. Next, item types for low-tech WBTs a...