Did Home-Based Exams during COVID-19 Affect Student Ranking? A Case from a Business School

Autor/inn/en	Opstad, Leiv; Pettersen, Ivar
Titel	Did Home-Based Exams during COVID-19 Affect Student Ranking? A Case from a Business School
Quelle	In: Educational Process: International Journal, 11 (2022) 2, S.96-113 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Opstad, Leiv) ORCID (Pettersen, Ivar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2147-0901
Schlagwörter	Home Study; Tests; COVID-19; Pandemics; Class Rank; Business Administration Education; Test Format; Foreign Countries; College Students; Academic Achievement; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Testentwicklung; Ausland; Collegestudent; Schulleistung; Norwegen
Abstract	Background/purpose: Home-based exams were introduced during COVID-19 with an open-book format and limited control over dishonest student behavior. Such exams were used in lieu of traditional, closed-book school-based exams as a necessity due to the pandemic. This article investigates whether or not students' grades from home-based assessment exams differed from the grades they achieved in traditional school-based exams. Materials/methods: Using administrative data from 2017 to 2020 from a business school in Norway, a quantitative approach that compared differences, correlation analysis, and regression models was applied in the study. Results: By switching from school-based to home-based exams, students' academic success during their second year of business school showed a smaller association with students' outcomes from their first year. One interpretation is that skilled students achieved weaker performance in home-based exams. Conclusion: Home-based exams without any control mechanisms appear to result in different student rankings. This knowledge may be useful for employers looking to hire applicants who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01