Terms
Inference and interpretation are two terms closely liked to:
Validity
Validity hinges on what?
whether a score-based inference is accurate and contributes to accomplishing a particular test’s purpose.
the degree to which evidence and theory support the interpretations of test scores for proposed uses of tests.
Validity
Reliability=
consistency
test-retest evidence, alternate-form evidence, and internal consistency evidence.
reliability evidence
__________ is much like the closing argument an attorney presents to a jury at the close of a trial
validity argument
_____ ______ refers to the consistency with which we measure whatever we are measuring
Assessment reliability
resides in the test itself
Assessment reliability
inference-accuracy” evidence and the “purpose-accomplishment
Validation argument
the most fundamental consideration in developing tests and evaluating tests
valid or invalid test
centers on the strength of an argument regarding a test’s interpretive accuracy and its fitness for purpose.
assessment validity
decision-consistency estimates
focusing on assessment consistency for groups vs individual test-takers.
reliability wrinkles
numerical indication representing the strength and direction of a relationship between two variables
correlation coeffecient
Because students' knowledge is ____ They must be tested or assessed on exams, tests, projects, etc, so they can show they ____ knowledge.
Covert, overt
the most fundamental consideration in developing tests and evaluating tests
Validity
functions much like the plus-or-minus error bands we often see accompanying sample-based opinion surveys
Standard error of measurement
instructional sensitivity
validity
the first step in the is focused on identifying and assembling evidence bearing on the accuracy of a test-takers inferred status regarding what’s being measured
validation process
represent the stability with which a test is measuring what it is measuring
Test-retest reliability coefficients
reflecting the variability among a set of scores
Standard deviation