Effects of Extra Time on Performance on New SAT Questions SAT
- Author(s):
- Bridgeman, Brent; Cline, Frederick
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Report Number:
- RM-07-02
- Source:
- ETS Research Memorandum
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 6
- Subject/Key Words:
- Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Test Time, Test Speededness
Abstract
The current study took an experimental approach to evaluating test speededness. In order to assess the benefits of extra time (or the penalty of strict time limits) on new SAT® scores, sections that were designed to be administered with a 25-minute time limit were administered with a 40-minute time limit (or slightly more than time and a half) as part of the SAT field trial that was administered to thousands of eleventh-grade students in the spring of 2003.
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