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Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2021
This paper follows a line of logical argumentation to claim that what Samuel Messick conceptualized about construct validation has probably been misunderstood by some educational policy makers, practicing educators, and classroom teachers. It argues that, while Messick's unified theory of test validation aimed at (a) warning educational…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Theory, Test Use, Affordances
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
Cresswell, Mike – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
Paul Newton (2010), with his characteristic concern about theory, has set out two different ways of thinking about the basis upon which equivalences of one sort or another are established between test score scales. His reason for doing this is a desire to establish "the defensibility of linkages lower on the continuum than concordance."…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics, Comparative Analysis
Newton, Paul E. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
This article presents the author's rejoinder to thinking about linking from issue 8(1). Particularly within the more embracing linking frameworks, e.g., Holland & Dorans (2006) and Holland (2007), there appears to be a major disjunction between (1) classification discourse: the supposed basis for classification, that is, the underlying theory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics, Comparative Analysis
Walker, Michael E. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
"Linking" is a term given to a general class of procedures by which one represents scores X on one test or measure in terms of scores Y on another test or measure. A recent taxonomy by Holland and Dorans (2006; Holland, 2007) organizes the various types of links into three broad categories: prediction, scale aligning, and equating. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Validity, Measurement Techniques
Baird, Jo-Anne – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
Newton's article (2010) makes three main contributions to the literature. First, it is transatlantic, bringing together literatures that have been dealing with similar problems, using sometimes different methods and certainly with distinctive educational, cultural perspectives. He points out that neither of these literatures has all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictive Validity, Standards, Ethics
von Davier, Alina A. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
The article "Thinking About Linking" by Newton (2010) presents a novel philosophical perspective on the way that educational assessments should be linked. Newton starts by describing the linking framework as it was characterized in various publications and identifies a cross-cultural dimension in the definitions and uses of test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Camara, Wayne J. – 2003
Real and perceived misuses of educational tests, errors in test scoring and test use, and incidents of cheating on tests have been widely reported in local and national media. As educational tests take on additional importance for students, teachers, and schools, there is appropriate concern about the quality of assessments and the appropriate use…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Scoring, Standards
Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1996
The International Test Commission formed a 13-person committee of psychologists representing a number of international organizations to prepare a set of guidelines for adapting educational and psychological tests. The committee has worked for 3 years to produce near final drafts of 22 guidelines organized into 4 categories: (1) context; (2)…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Scoring, Test Construction

Muniz, Jose; Bartram, Dave; Evers, Arne; Boben, Dusica; Matesic, Kruno; Glabeke, Kathia; Fernandez-Hermida, Jose R.; Zaal, Jac N. – European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2001
Studied the opinions of professional psychologists in Europe about tests and testing with samples of 3,455 Spanish, 2,407 English, 2,079 Dutch, 321 Slovenian, 219 Croatian, and 210 Belgian psychologists. Results show a generally positive attitude about tests and testing, coupled with an awareness that institutions need to adopt a more active role…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Foreign Countries, Psychological Testing, Psychologists
McRae, D. J. – Third Education Group Review, 2006
This article presents the author's comments on ""Lake Woebegone," Twenty Years Later" by J. J. Cannell, MD. J. J. Cannell's article on the so-called "Lake Woebegone" effect for K-12 educational testing systems is mostly an historical account of technical issues and policy considerations that led in part to development…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests, Test Use

Diamond, Esther E.; Fremer, John – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989
The Joint Committee on Testing Practices has completed the "Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education," which is meant for the public and focuses on the proper use of tests in education--admissions, educational assessment and diagnosis, and student placement. The Code separately addresses test developers' and users' roles. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Utilization, Examiners, Scoring

International Journal of Testing, 2001
Contains guidelines that provide an international view of areas of consensus about what constitutes "good practice" in test use. Guidelines address key competencies, such as knowledge and skills, and issues of professional and ethical standards in testing, the rights of test takers, test administration and scoring, and other issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Competence, Educational Practices, Educational Testing, Guidelines
Tyler, Ralph W.; White, Sheldon H. – 1979
Four broad issues of educational tests use are presented with their major criticisms: tests meant to hold educators and school systems accountable have limited value, and when used to make decisions concerning individual students tests do not fully reflect the cultural backgrounds of minority students. Testing to evaluate educational innovations…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education

Popham, W. James – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1999
Discusses the direction large-scale educational testing is heading, pointing out pitfalls in current and future use of such tests. The large-scale assessment community seems to be unconcerned about the central mission of education, the instruction of children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Futures (of Society), Role of Education, Standardized Tests