High-Stakes Testing in Nursing Education: A Review of the Literature

Nurse Educator

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 183-186

  Hunsicker, Jamie ^a   Chitwood, Tara ^b  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JEFFERSON COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; high stakes testing; nursing education program; progression policy; testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; STUDENT; EDUCATION; LICENSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 85049233411     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000475     Document Type: Article

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