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Gender differences in literacy in PIAAC: do assessment features matter?
BackgroundPrevious research based on large-scale studies consistently suggests that on average, male students tend to have lower literacy compared to...
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Writing assessment literacy and its impact on the learning of writing: A netnography focusing on Duolingo English Test examinees
Language assessment literacy has emerged as an important area of research within the field of language testing and assessment, garnering increasing...
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How representative is the Swedish PISA sample? A comparison of PISA and register data
PISA aims to serve as a “global yardstick” for educational success, as measured by student performance. For comparisons to be meaningful across...
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Influences of internet access on civic knowledge measurement in Taiwan
Internet-related issues have influenced how civic knowledge is educated and measured. The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS)...
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The impact of 24-h take-home exam on language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university
Take-home exam (THE) use has been reported in various disciplines, but research on THE use in language modules in higher education appears to be...
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Teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of school emphasis on academic success: measurement invariance, agreement, and relations to student achievement
A school’s emphasis on academic success (SEAS) is a crucial aspect of school climate that can be rated by different informants, such as teachers or...
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Global coherence in structured and unstructured discourse types in neurotypical adults
BackgroundResearch on global coherence in neurotypical aging has predominantly focused on different methods of elicitation and their impact on age....
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Teachers’ perspectives on pay incentives in England: performance evaluation in a context of high-stakes accountability
This article examines a national policy of performance-related pay for teachers in the educational context of England, as understood in relation to...
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Tap** the alphabets of learning-oriented assessment: self-assessment, classroom climate, mindsets, trait emotional intelligence, and academic engagement are in focus
This study investigates the role of self-assessment (SA), classroom climate (CC), and psychological variables in learning-oriented assessment (LOA)...
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Unveiling the impact of language assessment teacher education on EFL teachers’ assessment agency and professional development trajectory: perceptions, opportunities, and challenges
In global trends and current curricular policy reforms in second language (L2) education, there is a great emphasis on repositioning of teachers as...
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Using a novel multiple-source indicator to investigate the effect of scale format on careless and insufficient effort responding in a large-scale survey experiment
Common indicator-based approaches to identifying careless and insufficient effort responding (C/IER) in survey data scan response vectors or timing...
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A comparative study of AI-human-made and human-made test forms for a university TESOL theory course
This study examines the efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI) in creating parallel test items compared to human-made ones. Two test forms were...
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Design, Development, and Formative Evaluation of a Hybrid Remote Quantum Laboratory Supporting HBCU Partnerships
Quantum information science and engineering are expanding and scaling worldwide. As government and industry push to expand quantum applications...
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Secondary School Teachers’ Use of Formative Assessment Practice to Create Co-regulated Learning
By applying formative assessment in the classroom, many teachers want to stimulate students to self-regulate their learning. Co-regulation in...
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Not all percentiles are equal: examining non-linear relationships between two, popular teacher evaluation measures
In this study, we estimated the relationship between two popular measures of teacher effectiveness—teachers’ value-added model (VAM) estimates,...
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A Rasch-based validation of the University of Tehran English Proficiency Test (UTEPT)
Recently, psychometricians and researchers have voiced their concern over the exploration of language test items in light of Messick’s validation...
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Measuring and explaining political tolerance among adolescents: insights from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study2016
BackgroundTolerance is a prerequisite for deliberative democracies. Therefore, fostering tolerance is an important task for educational systems in...
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The relationship between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement: multilevel analysis with NAEP 2019
BackgroundThis empirical study aims to investigate the association between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement gaps among students...
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Evaluating German PISA stratification designs: a simulation study
Stratification is an important design feature of many studies using complex sampling designs and it is often used in large-scale assessment (LSA)...
