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Chapter 4: Validity in Educational Assessment
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Moss, Pamela A.; Girard, Brian J.; Haniford, Laura C. – Review of Research in Education, 2006
In this chapter, the authors review three distinct theoretical discourses--educational measurement, hermeneutics, and sociocultural studies--to support the development of validity theory for the routine use of assessment by professionals working in complex, dynamic, and always partially unique educational environments. They review validity…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Measurement Techniques