Implementing measurement specialists' ideas about content validity with licensure examinations and the problem of court litigation are discussed. Validity issues surfacing when sponsors of national licensure examinations conduct validity investigations are considered. Issues include local versus national focus on content validity, job analysis,…

What can be learned from the experience of analyzing jobs and testing employees in industry that can help advance the goal of assessing and improving college performance is summarized. It is apparent that grades, the traditional way of measuring college performance, do not explain much about one's performance in employment. There are two areas…

The job analysis procedures used in the development of the Illinois Certification Testing System are described. The degree of congruence between job analysis ratings provided by public school educators (PSEs) and teacher educators (TEs) who completed the job analysis surveys is examined. National Evaluation Systems, Inc., and the Illinois State…