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Christina Wikström

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

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

E-mail
christina.wikstrom@umu.se
Location
Naturvetarhuset plan 5, huskropp NB, Johan Bures väg 16 Umeå universitet, 90187 Umeå
Phone
+46 90 786 55 70

Works as

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

Bedömning och bedömarkompetens
Bedömarkompetens: prov, bedömning och betyg i skolan, Stockholm: Sanoma utbildning 2025 : 15-52
Wikström, Christina
Bedömarkompetens: prov, bedömning och betyg i skolan
Undervisning & lärande
Wikström, Christina
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