Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ255891
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Nov
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Evidence and Ethics in the Evaluation of Tests.
Messick, Samuel
Educational Researcher, v10 n9 p9-20 Nov 1981
Argues for appraising tests for evidence of construct validity as well as evaluating the potential social consequences of test use. Asserts that construct validity provides a rational approach for predictive hypotheses and a rational basis for judgment of test relevance to the criterion domain. (Author/JCD)
Descriptors: Ethics, Evaluation Criteria, Scores, Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Test Results, Test Use, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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