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Direct linkEklof, Hanna – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2010
An achievement test score can be viewed as a joint function of skill and will, of knowledge and motivation. However, when interpreting and using test scores, the "will" part is not always acknowledged and scores are mostly interpreted and used as pure measures of student knowledge. This paper argues that students' motivation to do their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Scores, Test Wiseness
