Sökning: "the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test SweSAT"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test SweSAT.

1. 1. Test Design for Mean Ability Growth and Optimal Item Calibration for Achievement Tests

   Författare :Jonas Bjermo; Frank Miller; Marie Wiberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; test design; item response theory; optimal experimental design; SweSAT; item calibration; vertical scaling; ability growth; computerized adaptive tests; Statistics; statistik;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, we examine two topics in the area of educational measurement. The first topic studies how to best design two achievement tests with common items such that a population mean-ability growth is measured as precisely as possible. The second examines how to calibrate newly developed test items optimally. LÄS MER

3. 2. A fair score? : group independent validity arguments for college admission tests

   Författare :Marcus Strömbäck Hjärne; Ewa Rolfsman; Christina Wikström; Per-Erik Lyrén; Jan-Eric Gustafsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fairness; Validity; Immigration; Dyslexia; Special populations; SweSAT; didactics of educational measurement; beteendevetenskapliga mätningar;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to investigate fair use of test scores for admission to higher education. In this thesis, fairness is narrowed down to an instrumental definition relating to a fair interpretation of test scores. The focus is on the use of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) for admission decisions. LÄS MER

4. 3. Att studera och bli bedömd : Empiriska och teoretiska perspektiv på gymnasie- och vuxenstuderandes sätt att erfara studier och bedömningar

   Författare :Per Andersson; Staffan Larsson; Lennart Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Assessment; grades; the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test SweSAT ; orientations to studying; phenomenography; colonization; discipline; disembedding mechanisms; Bedömning; betyg; högskoleprovet; studieorientering; fenomenografi; kolonisering; disciplin; urbäddningsmekanismer; Education; Pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is focussing on students’ experiences of assessments, which means that the assessments are related to studying. The assessments particularly investigated are the main types of assessments used in the application and selection for higher education in Sweden – the grading in schools on secondary level, and the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT). LÄS MER

5. 4. Essays on inputs, admissions and returns to education

   Författare :Linn Karlsson; David Granlund; Magnus Wikström; Sandra McNally; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics of education; computers; TIMSS; academic achievement; admissions; upper secondary grades; SweSAT; underprediction; gender differences; adult education; second-chance education; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Paper [I] analyses the associations between computer use in schools and at home and test scores by using TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) data for more than 900,000 fourth-graders in 2011 and 2015. Pupils who used computers at school, especially those who used them frequently, scored lower than students who never used computers. LÄS MER