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Dawadi, Saraswati; Shrestha, Prithvi N. – Educational Assessment, 2018
There has been a steady interest in investigating the validity of language tests in the last decades. Despite numerous studies on construct validity in language testing, there are not many studies examining the construct validity of a reading test. This paper reports on a study that explored the construct validity of the English reading test in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Reading Tests, English (Second Language)
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O'Neil, Timothy; Sireci, Stephen G.; Huff, Kristen L. – Educational Assessment, 2004
Educational tests used for accountability purposes must represent the content domains they purport to measure. When such tests are used to monitor progress over time, the consistency of the test content across years is important for ensuring that observed changes in test scores are due to student achievement rather than to changes in what the test…
Descriptors: Test Items, Cognitive Ability, Test Content, Science Teachers