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Education policy

any practice that raises test scores without raising the underlying achievement the test is meant to reflect, undermining score interpretation.

In education policy, test score pollution refers to any practice that raises test scores without raising the underlying achievement the test is meant to reflect, undermining score interpretation. This meaning comes from Haladyna (1991) in Educational Researcher.[1]

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interpretation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs policy2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs practice3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Haladyna, T. M., Nolen, S. B., & Haas, N. S. (1991). Raising Standardized Achievement Test Scores and the Origins of Test Score Pollution. Educational Researcher, 20(5), 2-7. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189x020005002

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