Test takers tend to increase their time efficiency during MAP test events, an effect the author observed in data from 2 very different testing programs¶
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q1 i? Test takers tend to increase their time efficiency during MAP test events, and the author observed this phenomenon after reanalyzing his own data from 2 very different testing programs. → Steven Wise 2015
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Steven Wise 2015¶
Steven Wise. (2015). Response time as an indicator of test taker speed: assumptions meet reality. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 13(3–4), 186–188. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/response-time-as-an-indicator-of-test-taker-speed-assumptions-meet-reality doi:10.1080/15366367.2015.1105062
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Author's commentary reporting his own reanalysis of response-time data. He states he "had observed this phenomenon in data from 2 very different testing programs" but does not claim to understand why test takers increase time efficiency; no effect size is printed.
"This author does not claim to understand why test takers tend to increase their time efficiency during MAP test events, although he notes that, having reanalyzed some of his own data, he had observed this phenomenon in data from 2 very different testing programs."
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Related Claims¶
- The increased efficiency effect confounds attempts to exploit the speed-ability trade-off central to many response-time models — related
- How commonly the increased efficiency effect is present in test data is unclear — related
- The increased efficiency effect threatens the validity of response-time models that presume item response time is influenced only by item time intensity, ability, and working speed — related
- Students who rapid-guess less on a MAP Growth retest tend to see score gains, while those who rapid-guess more tend to see declines — related
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Test takers tend to increase their time efficiency during MAP test events, an effect the author observed in data from 2 very different testing programs |
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Test takers tend to increase their time efficiency during MAP test events, an effect the author observed in data from 2 very different testing programs |
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