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- The study investigated how changes in exam timing affected pacing and perceptions during a high-stakes multiple-choice test.
- Before and after the timing adjustment, a large number of examinees (over 58,000) were analyzed for differences in perception, accuracy, and pacing behavior.
- The findings revealed that after the timing change, examinees felt they had enough time, showed slight improvements in accuracy, but still tended to spend more time on questions at the start of sections, indicating ongoing effects of the timing constraints.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To examine the impact of a timing change on pacing behavior and perceptions in a high-stakes multiple-choice examination.
Method: Two samples of standard-time examinees were analyzed: (1) 29,796 examinees that completed the examination prior to the timing change, and (2) 28,373 examinees that completed the examination after the change. Subgroups of examinees were identified and compared within and across samples with respect to perceptions, accuracy, and pacing.
Results: After the timing change, more examinees reported having sufficient time to complete examination sections; a small improvement in overall accuracy was observed, and there was a shift in the time-per-item strategy, though examinees continued to use more than the average amount of time available per item at the beginning of sections.
Conclusions: Examinees are more satisfied with the new timing constraints, although an effect due to the time limit continues to impact performance at the end of test sections.
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