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Brualdi, Amy – 1999
Test validity refers to the degree to which the inferences based on test scores are meaningful, useful, and appropriate. Thus, test validity is a characteristic of a test when it is administered to a particular population. This article introduces the modern concepts of validity advanced by S. Messick (1989, 1996, 1996). Traditionally, the means of…
Descriptors: Criteria, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Reliability