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Krupa, Erin Elizabeth; Carney, Michele; Bostic, Jonathan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2019
This article provides a brief introduction to the set of four articles in the special issue. To provide a foundation for the issue, key terms are defined, a brief historical overview of validity is provided, and a description of several different validation approaches used in the issue are explained. Finally, the contribution of the articles to…
Descriptors: Test Items, Program Validation, Test Validity, Mathematics Education
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Powers, Donald E.; Escoffery, David S.; Duchnowski, Matthew P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
By far, the most frequently used method of validating (the interpretation and use of) automated essay scores has been to compare them with scores awarded by human raters. Although this practice is questionable, human-machine agreement is still often regarded as the "gold standard." Our objective was to refine this model and apply it to…
Descriptors: Essays, Test Scoring Machines, Program Validation, Criterion Referenced Tests