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Schmidgall, Jonathan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2017
This study utilizes an argument-based approach to validation to examine the implications of reliability in order to further differentiate the concepts of score and decision consistency. In a methodological example, the framework of generalizability theory was used to estimate appropriate indices of score consistency and evaluations of the…
Descriptors: Scores, Reliability, Validity, Generalizability Theory
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Gao, Xiaohong; Brennan, Robert L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2001
Studied the sampling variability of estimated variance components using data collected over several years for a listening and writing performance assessment and evaluated the stability of estimated measurement precision. Results indicate that the estimated variance components varied from one year to another and suggest that the measurement…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Generalizability Theory, Listening Comprehension Tests, Performance Based Assessment
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Quellmalz, Edys S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1991
It is proposed that criteria for evaluating the quality of performance should be defined, at least tentatively, during the initial design of a performance assessment. Six characteristics of sound criteria are (1) significance; (2) fidelity; (3) generalizability; (4) developmental appropriateness; (5) accessibility; and (6) utility. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Tests, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria