A set of high school students who take the ACT in their junior year perform better on that exam during their senior year because they know better how to take the exam due to what they experienced on the first exam.This is an example of a(n)____.
A)mortality effect
B)testing effect
C)history effect
D)instrumentation effect

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The testing effect is the phenomenon in which prior testing on a certain task or exam improves performance on subsequent tests due to increased familiarity and experience with the task. In this scenario, the high school students who took the ACT in their junior year had prior testing experience, which resulted in improved performance in their senior year. The other options, mortality effect, history effect, and instrumentation effect, do not apply to this scenario.

A Set of High School Students Who Take the ACT