Christina Wikström

Senior Lecturer (Docent) and Project Manager for Högskoleprovet, the SweSAT.

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

christina.wikstrom@umu.se

Naturvetarhuset plan 5, huskropp NB, Johan Bures väg 16 Umeå universitet, 90187 Umeå

+46 90 786 55 70

Works at

Associate professor at Department of Applied Educational Science Section: Floor 5

Project manager at Department of Applied Educational Science Section: Floor 5

I am a Senior Lecturer and Project Manager for Högskoleprovet, the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT). My research interests focus on issues of validity related to tests and test construction, particularly in relation to admission and selection for higher education.

Attitudes to the importance of empathy in police work: a student perspective

AEA Europe '23. Assessment reform journeys: Intentions, enactment and evaluation: Book of abstracts : 117-117

Stenlund, Tova; Wikström, Christina; Inzunza, Miguel

The relationship between subconstructs of empathy and general cognitive ability in the context of policing

Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 13

Inzunza, Miguel; Brown, Gavin T. L.; Stenlund, Tova; et al.

Cross-national achievement surveys and educational monitoring in Sweden

Cross-national achievement surveys for monitoring educational outcomes: policies, practices and political reforms within the European Union, Luxemburg: European Commission Joint Research Centre 2022 : 115-135

Rönnberg, Linda; Wikström, Christina

Prov i ett hållbart utbildningssystem

Hållbar bedömning: Bildning, välbefinnande och utveckling i skolans bedömningsarbete., Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2021 : 295-317

Wikström, Christina

Högskoleprovet våren och hösten 2019: Provtagargruppens sammansättning och resultat

BVM / Institutionen för beteendevetenskapliga mätningar, Umeå universitet, 69

Wikström, Christina; Laukaityte, Inga

European police recruits' views on ideal personal characteristics of a police officer

Policing & society, Routledge 2020, Vol. 30, (10) : 1243-1262

Inzunza, Miguel; Wikström, Christina

Admissions practices in Sweden

Higher Education Admissions Practices: An International Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2020 : 203-216

Lyrén, Per-Erik; Wikström, Christina

Merit-Based Admissions in Higher Education

Higher Education Admissions Practices: An International Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2020 : 34-50

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus

Measuring perspective taking among police recruits: A comparison of self-reported and objective measures

Policing: an international Journal of Police Strategies and Managment, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2019, Vol. 42, (5) : 725-738

Inzunza, Miguel; Stenlund, Tova; Wikström, Christina

Educational assessment in digital environments: insights from different assessment contexts

Education Inquiry, Routledge 2019, Vol. 10, (1) : 1-3

Wikström, Christina; Eklöf, Hanna

Standard setting in Sweden: school grades and national tests

Examination standards: how measures and meanings differ around the world, London, UK: UCL Press 2018 : 235-251

Wikström, Christina; Lind Pantzare, Anna

Admissions Tests

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications 2018 : 48-51

Wikström, Magnus; Wikström, Christina

Proven i skolan

Utvärdering och bedömning i skolan: för vem och varför?, Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2017 : 185-199

Wikström, Christina

Commentary - 'Accountability measures: The factory farm version of education'

The Psychology of Education Review, Leicester, UK: The British Psychological Society 2017, Vol. 41, (1) : 50-54

Wikström, Christina

Group differences in student performance in the selection to higher education: tests vs grades

Frontiers in Education, Frontiers Media S.A. 2017, Vol. 2

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus

Sweden: the intersection of international achievement testing and educational policy development

The intersection of international achievement testing and education policy: global perspectives on large-scale reform, New York: Routledge 2016 : 91-107

Wikström, Christina

Det nya högskoleprovet: samband mellan provresultat och prestation i högskolan

Umeå: Umeå universitet 2014

Lyrén, Per-Erik; Rolfsman, Ewa; Wedman, Jonathan; et al.

Who benefits from university admissions tests?: a comparison between grades and test scores as selection instruments to higher education

Umeå economic studies, 874

Wikström, Magnus; Wikström, Christina

Konsten att göra bra prov: vad lärare behöver veta om kunskapsmätningar

Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2013

Wikström, Christina

Policy and practice in Swedish education, assessment, and school leadership

School leadership in the context of standards-based reform, New York: Springer 2012 : 147-172

Wikström, Christina

Urval till högre utbildning: Påverkas betygens prediktionsvärde av ålder?

IFAU Rapport, 2012:21

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus

University entrance selection and age at admission

IFAU Working Paper Series, 2012:21

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus

Kan man mäta kvalitet?: Om skolans mätningar och bedömningar

Utbildningsvetenskapens kärna: Läraryrkets innersta väsen?, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2011 : 181-204

Wikström, Christina

Proven i skolan

Utvärdering och bedömning i skolan: för vem och varför?, Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2011 : 228-248

Wikström, Christina

University education and income: does prior achievement matter?

Umeå economic studies, 834

Wikström, Magnus; Wikström, Christina

When theory and practice don't match: Teachers' interpretation of a formative assessment model

Association of Educational Assessment - Europe 11 the Annual conference, Oslo, Norway

Wikström, Christina; Almarlind, Pia

The concept of validity in theory and practice

Assessment in education: Principles, Policy & Practice, Routledge Taylor & Francis 2010, Vol. 17, (2) : 117-132

Wolming, Simon; Wikström, Christina

The concept of accountability in education: Does the Swedish school system apply?

Cadmo, FrancoAngeli 2009, Vol. 17, (2) : 55-66

Eklöf, Hanna; Andersson, Ewa; Wikström, Christina

(Re)innovations in university admission tests: Potential consequences for test development, admission decisions, and test-takers

Innovation in assessment to meet changing needs

Lyrén, Per-Erik; Wikström, Christina

National curriculum assessment in England: a Swedish perspective

Educational research (Windsor. Print), Vol. 51, (2) : 255-258

Wikström, Christina

Prediction of study success: should selection instruments measure cognitive or non-cognitive factors?

Assessment for a creative world

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus; Lyrén, Per-Erik

Comparing the incomparable: a predictive validity analysis based on matching methods

The impact of testing on people and society

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus

Subjektiva bedömningar och objektiva tolkningar

Sporre eller otyg: om bedömning och betyg, Lärarförbundets förlag, Stockholm 2007 : -

Wikström, Christina

Education and assessment in Sweden

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, Vol. 13, (1) : 113-128

Wikström, Christina

Evidence or consequence?: Validity issues in educational measurement

Wolming, Simon; Wikström, Christina

Criterion-referenced measurement for educational evaluation and selection

Academic dissertations at the department of Educational Measurement, 1

Wikström, Christina

The reliability and validity of the grade point average as instrument for selection to higher education

Cadmo: Giornale italiano di Pedagogia sperimentale, Franco Angeli Edizione - Riviste 2005, Vol. 13, (2) : 23-41

Wikström, Christina

Datorbaserade prov: egenskaper, möjligheter och begränsningar

BVM / Institutionen för beteendevetenskapliga mätningar, Umeå universitet, 14

Wikström, Christina

Grade stability in a criterion-referenced grading system: the Swedish example

Assessment in education: Principles, Policy & Practice, Informaworld 2005, Vol. 12, (2) : 125-144

Wikström, Christina

Grade inflation and school competition: an empirical analysis based on the Swedish upper school grades

Economics of Education Review, Oxford: Pergamon Press 2005, Vol. 24, (3) : 309-322

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus

Using summative tests for formative purposes: an analysis of the added value of subscores

Lind Pantzare, Anna; Wikström, Christina

Predictive Validity in Selection to Higher Education: Potential Barriers for Students with Immigrant Backgrounds

Strömbäck Hjärne, Marcus; Wikström, Christina

Does school size affect teachers' grading practices?

Wikström, Christina

University education and income – does prior achievement matter?

Wikström, Magnus; Wikström, Christina

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Research groups

Group member

Measurement in Behavioral Sciences

Research projects

1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020

Perspective-taking in future police officers: effects of training and practice