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Educational Measurement and Evaluation Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 16 : Factors Influencing Test Scores : Nature of

Test, Psychological Factors and Environmental Factors

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
16.1 Standardized Test Scores

16.2 Nature of Test
16.3 Psychological Factors
16.4 Environmental Factors
16.5 Summary
16.6 Keywords
16.7 Review Questions
16.8 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :
• To explain about standardized test score
• To discuss about the nature of test
• To describe about the psychological factors
• To discuss about the environmental factors

Introduction

There are numerous factors that can affect test scores. In fact, it’s unrealistic to attempt to create
an all-encompassing list. Rather, there are more common factors that affect test scores, for one.
Secondly, there are similarities between various influences on testing results. More specifically,
some factors relate to the student, some to the parents, teachers, etc. People are highly influenced
by their environment, and this is often more true of children.
Obviously, the ability of the child is going to influence their test scores. Working hard can result
in success in a variety of areas, and it’s not beneficial to make excuses for failing. Nonetheless,
there are situations where children are unable to do well in certain subjects. People aren’t inclined
to accept the idea that people have biological limitations preventing them from becoming the
next Einstein. In many ways, deny one’s limitations is beneficial as people regularly give up
before what might have been a critical stage in their mathematical or artistic growth, for example.
It can be difficult to determine what causes low test scores, in some cases, but sometimes individual
ability is a factor. Here we will discuss about various factrs influencing test scores. Here we will
discuss about various factors influencing test scores.

16.1 Standaridized Test Scores

A standardized test score is an indication of how much knowledge a child has accumulated and

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