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Standardized Testing as a Gatekee** Mechanism for Teacher Quality
It is widely argued that excellent, or “quality,” teachers are linked to gains in student achievement. This is reinforced in education policy...
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Standardized Testing as a Gatekee** Mechanism for Teacher Quality
It is widely argued that excellent, or “quality,” teachers are linked to gains in student achievement. This is reinforced in education policy...
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Local Language Testing Practice across Contexts
This book describes language testing practices that exist in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom...
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Testing the Effects of Individual Residents’ Retrieval Practice on Standardized Examination Scores
BackgroundResidents have limited time and much to learn. Retrieval practice—studying using exam-style review questions—is a powerful educational tool...
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Student standardized patients versus occupational standardized patients for improving clinical competency among TCM medical students: a 3-year prospective randomized study
BackgroundStandardized patient (SP) simulations are well-recognized patterns for practicing clinical skills and interactions. Our previous study...
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Application of practice-based learning and improvement in standardized training of general practitioners
BackgroundIn the context of standardized training for general practitioners, the emphasis is still primarily on clinical skills, which does not fully...
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None of the Above: Integrity Concerns of Standardized English Proficiency Tests
High-stakes standardized English proficiency tests are generally used to measure the language proficiency of candidates who wish to study, work in,...
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Study on a job competence evaluation system for resident physicians (including integrated postgraduates) receiving standardized training
BackgroundStandardized training for resident physicians is the primary form of postgraduate medical education, and it plays a pivotal role in...
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Commodification, the Violence of Abstraction, and Socially Necessary Labor Time: A Marxist Analysis of High-Stakes Testing and Capitalist Education in the United States
This chapter employs several Marxist concepts to explore the role of high-stakes, standardized tests within capitalist-oriented reforms and policies...
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Using Neurology Trainees as Standardized Patients in a Neurological Emergency Simulation Curriculum for Medical Students
PurposeSimulation manikins have limited ability to mimic neurological exam findings, which has historically constrained their use in neurology...
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Virtual patients versus standardized patients for improving clinical reasoning skills in ophthalmology residents. A randomized controlled trial
BackgroundHistory taking and clinical reasoning are important skills that require knowledge, cognition and meta-cognition. It is important that a...
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Local Language Testing Practice across Contexts
Local language testing, though the most common form of language assessment practice, has not been formally recognize until very recently. In this...
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The Challenges of Implementing the Emirates Standardized Test as a Proficiency Test in the UAE: An Exploratory Study
This study investigated teachers’ and educational leaders’ perspectives regarding the challenges that EFL twelfth graders encounter in relation to...
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Progress Testing in Written Assessment
Progress testing (PT) is a special written test used to assess the progress of all students enrolled in an academic program toward achieving the...
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Hypothesis Testing
Drawing from the properties of the normal distribution, this chapter introduces key concepts in hypothesis testing, including the Central Limit...
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Effects of Test Anxiety on Self-Testing and Learning Performance
Practice testing (i.e., practice retrieval) has been established as an effective learning strategy. Uncovering potential factors influencing...
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Training in retinoscopy: learning curves using a standardized method
BackgroundRetinoscopy is one of the most effective objective techniques for evaluating refractive status, especially in non-cooperative patients....
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Healthcare professional students’ skills in sexual health communication and history taking: inter-rater reliability of standardized patients and faculty ratings in dar es Salaam, tanzania- a cross-sectional study
BackgroundLow- and middle-income countries face a disproportionate impact of sexual health problems compared to high-income countries. To address...
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Wide-Scale Implementation of Higher-Order Thinking (HOT) in an Era of High-Stakes Testing
This chapter addresses the relationship between a policyPolicies advocating thinking-rich instructionThinking-rich instruction and a policyPolicies...
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Psychological Assessment and Testing
The field of psychological assessment is a multibillion-dollar business and probably touches more people than any other field of psychology. Various...