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Lane, Suzanne – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
In Shepard's (1997) discussion on the importance of test use and consequences in a validity argument for educational assessments, she reflected on Cronbach and Meehl's (1955) perspective on the role of test developers in providing consequential evidence. In the following year, a special issue in "Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice"…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Test Use, Test Results, Test Validity
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Bachman, Lyle – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
At the outset of his thoughtful and thought-provoking article, Haertel (this issue) clearly identifies the issue with which he will be dealing: The disjunct, or gap, in current approaches to evaluating the merits of a given test, between the intended uses of that test and the validity of its score-based interpretations. The author thinks that…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Test Use, Test Validity, Test Interpretation
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Engelhard, George, Jr.; Wind, Stefanie A. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
In 2012, Edward Haertel received the NCME Career Contributions Award. The focus article for this issue emerged from his address on the topic "How Is Testing Supposed to Improve Schooling?" His focus article provides a discussion of the relationships between testing and schooling in which he issues a call to action to the measurement community to…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Improvement, Social Action, Test Results
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Haertel, Edward – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
The author is deeply gratified by the commentators' thoughtful responses and finds almost nothing to disagree with in any of them. Each offers additional insights prompting further reflection. In drawing out just a few common themes, this brief rejoinder omits many important ideas from the individual contributions. As stated in his title, the…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Improvement, Test Interpretation, Test Use
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Mattern, Krista D.; Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Camara, Wayne J. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2012
As researchers at a testing organization concerned with the appropriate uses and validity evidence for our assessments, we provide an applied perspective related to the issues raised in the focus article. Newton's proposal for elaborating the consensus definition of validity is offered with the intention to reduce the risks of inadequate…
Descriptors: Evidence, Validity, Tests, Testing
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Wiliam, Dylan – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
In "How Is Testing Supposed to Improve Schooling?" Edward Haertel has proposed a framework for thinking about the mechanisms by which testing might improve the various educational processes undertaken in schools. The framework seems to the author to be quite general (he uses the word "general" here in its mathematical sense of including all cases)…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Improvement, Test Results, Test Use
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Lane, Suzanne – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2012
Considering consequences in the evaluation of validity is not new although it is still debated by Paul E. Newton and others. The argument-based approach to validity entails an interpretative argument that explicitly identifies the proposed interpretations and uses of test scores and a validity argument that provides a structure for evaluating the…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Accountability, Validity, Inferences
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Haertel, Edward – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2013
Validation research for educational achievement tests is often limited to an examination of intended test score interpretations. This article calls for an expansion of validation research in three dimensions. First, validation must attend to actual test use and its consequences, not just score meaning. Second, validation must attend to unintended…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Improvement, Test Validity, Achievement Tests