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=== High-stakes tests ===
{{Main|High-stakes testing}}
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| style=max-width:16em | An [[educational entrance examination]] to determine university admission
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A [[High-stakes testing|high-stakes test]] is a test with a desired reward for good performance.<ref name="Allen" />  Some standardized tests, including many of the tests used for [[University and college admission|university admissions]] around the world, are high-stakes tests. Most standardized tests, such as ordinary classroom quizzes, are low-stakes tests.<ref name="Allen" />

Heavy reliance on high-stakes standardized tests for decision-making is often controversial. A common concern with high-stakes tests is that they measure performance during a single event, when critics believe that a more holistic assessment would be appropriate. Critics often propose emphasizing cumulative or even non-numerical measures, such as classroom grades or brief individual assessments (written in prose) from teachers. Supporters argue that test scores provide a clear-cut, objective standard that serves as a valuable check on [[grade inflation]].<ref>{{Citation|last1=Buckley|first1=Jack|title=Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions|url=https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/measuring-success|pages=344|year=2017|place=Baltimore|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=9781421424965|last2=Letukas|first2=Lynn|last3=Wildavsky|first3=Ben}}</ref>