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Direct linkLakin, Joni M. – Educational Assessment, 2014
The purpose of test directions is to familiarize examinees with a test so that they respond to items in the manner intended. However, changes in educational measurement as well as the U.S. student population present new challenges to test directions and increase the impact that differential familiarity could have on the validity of test score…
Descriptors: Test Content, Test Construction, Best Practices, Familiarity
Download full textBurkholder, Gary J.; Lenio, Jim; Holland, Nicole; Seidman, Alan; Neal, Diane; Middlebrook, Jimmy; Jobe, Rebecca – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2013
There continues to be increasing focus on college student retention and persistence. This focus is coming from the United States federal government, accrediting organizations, and from students, parents, and the public. Given the spiraling costs of education and the fact that retention rates have not improved over time, various stakeholders are…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Literature Reviews, Distance Education, Change Strategies
