An Experimental Manipulation of Test Consequences on Test-Taking Behaviors

• In Event: Test Security and Test Taking Behavior

Abstract

Examinee test-taking behaviors may differ depending on the stakes of an assessment, and thus compromise score validity. The study examined self-reported test-taking effort, importance and anxiety in a survey experiment in Cyprus. Students responded differently on anxiety, but not on effort or importance perceptions, across high-, low-, and no-stakes conditions.

Authors

• Michalis Michaelides, University of Cyprus

• Despoina Chatzidimitriou, University of Cyprus

• Myria Chatzimichail, University of Cyprus