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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

Overview

1.  How many retakes 2.  Test security

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

 An  employer  or  organiza/on  may  implement  an  assessment  of  any  new  entries  in  order  to  determine:      §  What  their  current  skills  are  §  Whether  their  skill  set  matches  the  needs  of  the  

company.    

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

 Some  examples  of  online  tests  used  by  a  company:      §  Personality  tests  §  Language  comprehension  tests  §  Biographical  data  tests  that  screens  for  someone’s  skill  

sets  and  leadership  quali/es  §  Integrity  tests    §  Job  knowledge  tests.    

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

 One  concern  that  may  apply  to  all  these  test  types  is:      §  What  to  do  if/when  a  candidate  fails  a  test.      It  can  be  tricky  to  determine:      §  What  length  of  /me  should  be  mandated  before  they  

can  retake  the  test  §  How  many  /mes  they  are  able  to  write  the  retake.    

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

     Test  generator  soJware  allows  you  to  determine  the  wait  /me  and  retake  limit  for  a  candidate,  but  it  is  up  to  you  to  decide  on  these  specifica/ons.  

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How many retakes?

 Classifica/on  of  test  takers  as  having:      §  Mastery  (passing)    §  or  Failing.      With  these  types  of  tests,  the  purpose  is  not  to  enforce  learning  objec/ves  but:      §  to  determine  if  the  candidate  holds  the  proper  qualifica/ons.      

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

How many retakes?

Allowing  for  unlimited  mul/ple  retakes  with  this  type  of  test  means  that:      

Someone  may  eventually  qualify  as  having  mastery  through  sheer  repe55on  and  eventually  finding  the  right  answer,  and  not  because  they  actually  have  the  proper  skills.    

 It  is  good  prac/ce  when  making  tests  to  have:      §  A  wai/ng  /me  for  retakes  which  is  not  immediate    

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

How many retakes?

This  encourages:    Reflec5on  of  the  ques5ons  on  the  test  with  the  intent  that  test  takers  will  perform  be@er  at  the  next  opportunity.    

 The  number  of  aTempts  allocated  when  you  create  a  test  is  also  important  in  order  to  avoid  inaccurate  results.      For  most  tests,  the  limit  of  retakes  is  three,  aJer  which  a  longer  remedial  period  should  be  applied  to  allow  for  reflec/on  and  re-­‐learning.  

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

Test security When  you  or  your  company  make  an  online  exam,  you  must  take  into  account  that:      

Some  test  takers  may  be  abusing  the  system  and  retaking  the  test  mul5ple  5mes  in  order  to  harvest  the  correct  answers.    

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

Test security  To  avoid  this  and  to  ensure  the  integrity  of  your  test  results,  you  should  not  allow:      §  Retakes  on  a  test  where  a  candidate  has  passed    If  you  allow  retakes:    §  Change  the  exam  by  using  different  sta/s/cally  equivalent  forms  

and/or  randomiza/on.      

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Test security    These  prac/ces  can  help:      §  Deter  any  test  takers  who  are  trying  to  harvest  correct  answers  

through  retakes  

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Maintaining Test Fairness and the Question of Retakes

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