A test score represents a pupil's performance under given conditions, not the pupil's ability, and conditions vary with the examiner and the pupil.¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 1917 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? A score is a measure of performance at a given time under given conditions; ability can be inferred only when the conditions attending the performance are known. → Monroe 1917

Evidence¶

Monroe 1917¶

Monroe, W. S. (1917). A report on the use of the Kansas Silent Reading Tests with over one hundred thousand children. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Kansas+Silent+Reading+Tests

q1 · i? · associational · r2

Theoretical methodological argument by the author, not an experimental test. He lists conditions including time allowance, physical conditions, lighting, and the emotional status of the pupil, and warns that examiners may materially affect scores.

"A score represents only a pupil's performance at a given time under given conditions. Any change of conditions will produce corresponding changes in his performance."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Interpreting differences in school-aggregate test scores as real differences in school performance raises accuracy concerns even under routine schooling conditions, which the pandemic may exacerbate — related
• Test disengagement could undermine inferences drawn from observed achievement scores — related
• Merely having taken the Kansas Silent Reading Test once does not greatly influence a pupil's second score. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim