What is Validity
A teacher gives a math test aligned to county standards and uses it to evaluate student's understanding of numbers and counting.
What is a valid test?
The persuasive evidence indicating that the test can be used to evaluate the quality of instruction
What is instructional sensitivity?
Consistency
What is a one-word synonym for reliability in educational testing
This refers to the consistency with which we measure whatever we are measuring, namely, students' ability.
What is assessment reliability in education?
This is generated from a reasoned, evidence-based case that the score interpretations from a test are accurate and that those interpretations serve the test's intended purpose.
What is a validity argument
These are the series of judgements made by experienced teachers about each test's items' ability to evaluate instructional quality.
What is persuasive evidence of instructional sensitivity?
Test-retest evidence, alternate-form evidence, and internal consistency evidence.
What are the three types of reliability evidence?
A student's ability to count to 50 is assessed on Monday and scores the same on Wednesday .
What is high test-retest reliability?
Two interchangeable terms that refer to a reasoned, score-based conclusion about a student's unseen knowledge and/or skills.
What is inference and interpretation?
A numerical indication representing the strength and direction of a relationship between two variables.
What is a correlation coefficient?
The judgements that are made by people who are collecting evidence to show the accuracy of an inference about a student.
What is human judgment?
This is someone who can explain the relevant evidence and validation argument for a particular test in relatively plain language.
What is the role of an assessment expert or measurement specialist?