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Testing at Length If It Is Cognitive or Non-Cognitive
Using Italian data on standardized test scores, we show that the substantial heterogeneity in how performance changes with the position of questions can alter the rank of individuals and classes as the length of the test increases. We examine whether decomposing test scores into initial performance and performance decline allows to separate the influence of cognitive and non-cognitive skills and find that our measure of cognitive skills – the math grade before the test – not only has a dominant influence on initial performance but also affects substantially performance decline.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11603
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
- Subject
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low stake tests
position of questions
cognitive and non-cognitive skills
Italy
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Brunello, Giorgio
Crema, Angela
Rocco, Lorenzo
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2018
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Brunello, Giorgio
- Crema, Angela
- Rocco, Lorenzo
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2018
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