When Ricardo Took the ACT Assessment This Year, He Was

question 318

Multiple Choice

When Ricardo took the ACT Assessment this year, he was allowed to use a graphing calculator on the mathematics portion of the exam.His older sister is surprised, because when she took the test 6 years ago, calculators were not allowed for any portion of the exam.This suggests that:

• A)it will be difficult to meaningfully compare Ricardo's score with the score his sister obtained
• B)Ricardo probably earned a higher score on the exam than his sister did
• C)the current form of the ACT Assessment has poor construct validity
• D)Ricardo's score is probably less reliable than his sister's score

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