Two decades of research have produced advances in both the measurement of test-taking disengagement and understanding of its distortive impact on individual and aggregated scores¶
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q2 i? Research over the past 20 years has advanced both the measurement of disengagement and understanding of its distortive impact on individual and aggregated scores. → Steven Wise 2021
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Steven Wise 2021¶
Steven Wise. (2021). Six insights regarding test-taking disengagement. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(5-6), 328-338. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/six-insights-regarding-test-taking-disengagement/
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The author's summary of the state of the field, stating there have been "notable advances" in measurement of disengagement and understanding of its distortive impact on individual and aggregated scores. This is a review-level assertion, not a new empirical result.
"This issue has received a growing research interest over the past 20 years, with notable advances in both the measurement of disengagement as well as our understanding of its distortive impact on both individual and aggregated scores."
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Related Claims¶
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- Test-taking disengagement distorts both individual and aggregated test scores — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Disengagement has a material impact on individual state summative test scores, though its impact on score aggregations may be relatively minor — related
- Rapid-guessing behavior can distort test scores and adversely affect measurement — related
- Disengagement had only minimal impact on school mean performance, proficiency rates, and relative ranking on the state accountability test — related
- Twenty years of research on disengaged test taking in international assessment programs yields six insights with implications for assessment programs — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Differential rapid guessing often resulted in test events with meaningfully distorted item content representation — related
- Disengagement produced both positive and negative distortion of individual student scores, which tended to cancel out much of the net distortive effect on school means — related
- School-level aggregated scores on the computer-based PISA-Based Test for Schools were highly stable despite considerable differential engagement among schools — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- The concept of professional community gained considerable momentum in theoretical and empirical educational research over the past three decades — related
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Two decades of research have produced advances in both the measurement of test-taking disengagement and understanding of its distortive impact on individual and aggregated scores |
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Two decades of research have produced advances in both the measurement of test-taking disengagement and understanding of its distortive impact on individual and aggregated scores |
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2026-10-20 |
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2024 |
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