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Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1997
It is argued that consequential validity is a concept worth considering. The solution to defining "validity" is not to narrow the concept, but to allow for the differential prediction provided by tests in different circumstances. Consequences of the uses and interpretations of test scores are central to their evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
