A good test is one that successfully identifies a range of relevant competencies when: - The takers are not placed under time pressure - The takers have access to any resources they'd like to use that are generally available to them in life
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Looked it up - I have never heard of it! Though were the applicants told that what was being tested was their "tendency to override an incorrect 'gut' response"? Because that piece of information alone would seem to give you a huge advantage.
No — but they were explicitly reminded that the test would be untimed and that they should think carefully about their answers! (Which is true of life, where our gut responses are also often useful but not sufficient to solve tricky problems.)
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The reason I ask is because I feel one huge problem with tests is that all kinds of meta information can often help you score much better. Driving exams are one of the few tests I can think of that don't have this property.
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Does this matter, if that meta information is of the sort that (a) isn't inorganically available to some test-takers but not others, and (b) also isn't available in the real-world scenarios the test is emulating, albeit in a simplified form?
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