The Effects of Practice on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT)

Abstract

Abstract The Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) is used for selection among applicants to higher education in Sweden. A test taker can, according to the rules for the SweSA T, repeat the test as many times as he/she wants, and the best obtained score is used in the selection procedure if a test taker has more than one valid test score. The effects of repeated test taking is a matter of concern, and earlier studies on the SweSAT indicate that there is a gain in score between the first and the second test taking. With these results as a basis the actual study describes differences in obtained score for all repeaters who have taken the SweSA T exactly twice, and their score at the first test taking are compared with their score at the second test taking. All repeaters at five regular testings are included in this study, and score changes totally as well as on the level of subtests and groups are studied. Difference scores are transformed to standardized mean difference scores in order to compare diffe...