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Peer reviewedMessick, Samuel – Language Testing, 1996
Examines the concept of washback as an instance of the consequential aspect of construct validity, linking positive washback to direct assessments and the need to minimize construct underrepresentation and construct-irrelevant difficulty in the test. The article explains washback as referring to the extent to which test use influences language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Language Tests
