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The Impact of Test-Taking Motivation and Test Consequences on the Validity of Test Score Inferences

Sun, April 6, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 111B

Session Type: Symposium

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This international symposium emphasizes the importance of attending to examinee perceptions of tests and testing contexts when interpreting test scores. With respect to perceptions, perceived test importance and expectancy for success on the test impacted test-taking effort and test performance. Thus, assessment practitioners should engage in strategies to increase perceived importance and expectancy. With respect to context, low-stakes tests resulted in lower test-taking effort and perceived importance than high-stakes tests. However, providing instructions to examinees that explained the use of low-stakes test scores positively affected test-taking motivation and test performance. Taken together, the results highlight the importance of attending to test-taking motivation in order to generate defensible and more valid conclusions based on the interpretation of test scores.

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