Low or High
An assessment gives the same results every year, but teachers discover it measures memorization rather than reading comprehension.
What is high reliability but low validity?
A math assessment includes several reading passages that confuse struggling readers.
What is a validity issue?
A student earns nearly identical scores each time they take the same spelling test under similar conditions.
What is reliability?
A district creates a writing assessment but only scores handwriting and spelling instead of organization, ideas, and evidence.
What is low validity?
Teachers receive detailed scoring rubrics and training before grading student writing samples.
What is improving reliability?
A benchmark assessment gives nearly identical scores when administered twice within one week.
What is reliability?
Students receive very different scores on the same essay depending on which teacher grades it.
What is low reliability?
Researchers compare assessment scores with students' classroom reading performance and find a strong relationship.
What is evidence of validity?
A phonics assessment accurately identifies students who struggle to decode words.
What is validity?