The nature of historical knowledge in large-scale assessments – a study of the relationship between item formats and offerings of epistemic cognition in the Swedish national test in history

Issues of validity and reliability have an impact on the construction of tests. Since the 2010s, there has been increasing emphasis in Sweden on enhancing reliability in the large-scale test system to combat grade inflation. This study aims to examine how this increased focus on reliability has affe...

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Main Author: David Rosenlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1253926/full