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ERIC Number: EJ519178
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0731-1745
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Standards of Validity and the Validity of Standards in Performance Assessment.
Messick, Samuel
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v14 n4 p5-8 Win 1995
Six distinguishable aspects of construct validity are discussed as they apply to performance assessment, emphasizing content, substantive, structural, generalizability, external, and consequential aspects. Taken together, these aspects provide a way to address validity questions in score interpretation and use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Educational Assessment, Generalization, Performance Based Assessment, Scores, Social Values, Standards, Test Interpretation, Validity
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue titled "Values and Standards in Performance Assessment: Issues, Findings, and Viewpoints."