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Visible Learning MetaX
Version 1.4 – Updated February 2026

Frequent testing

Overview

  • Influence: Frequent testing
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Feedback
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: The frequency of testing.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 3
  • Number of studies: 191
  • Number of students: NA
  • Number of effects: 386
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.39
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Educational Research Bangert-Drowns, Kulik, & Kulik Effects of Frequent Classroom Testing 1991 Frequent testing 35 NA 35 0.23
Dissertation Gocmen Effectiveness of frequent testing over academic achievement: a meta-analysis study 2003 Frequent testing 78 NA 233 0.40
International Journal of Human Sciences Basol & Johanson Effectiveness of frequent testing over achievement: A meta analysis study. 2009 Frequency of testing 78 NA 118 0.46
TOTAL/AVERAGE 191 NA 386 0.36
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