Argument-based validation in testing and assessment
Examinations
SAGE Publications, Inc.
2021
EISBN 1071878816
COVER.
PRAISE FOR ARGUMENT-BASED VALIDATION IN TESTING AND ASSESSMENT.
ARGUMENT-BASED VALIDATION IN TESTING AND ASSESSMENT.
COPYRIGHT PAGE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TABLES.
LIST OF FIGURES.
SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS ARGUMENT-BASED VALIDITY?.
CHAPTER 2 - VALIDITY ARGUMENT DESIGN.
CHAPTER 3 - USES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TEST SCORES.
CHAPTER 4 - CONSTRUCT-RELATED INFERENCES: EXPLANATION AND EXTRAPOLATION.
CHAPTER 5 - CONSISTENCY-RELATED INFERENCES: GENERALIZATION AND EVALUATION.
CHAPTER 6 - CONTENT DOMAIN-RELATED INFERENCE: DOMAIN DEFINITION.
CHAPTER 7 - BUILDING A VALIDITY ARGUMENT.
REFERENCES.
INDEX.
Carol A. Chapelle shows readers how to design validation research for tests of human capacities and performance. Any test that is used to make decisions about people or programs should have undergone extensive research to demonstrate that the scores are actually appropriate for their intended purpose. Argument-Based Validation in Testing and Assessment is intended to help close the gap between theory and practice, by introducing, explaining, and demonstrating how test developers can formulate the overall design for their validation research from an argument-based perspective.
PRAISE FOR ARGUMENT-BASED VALIDATION IN TESTING AND ASSESSMENT.
ARGUMENT-BASED VALIDATION IN TESTING AND ASSESSMENT.
COPYRIGHT PAGE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TABLES.
LIST OF FIGURES.
SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS ARGUMENT-BASED VALIDITY?.
CHAPTER 2 - VALIDITY ARGUMENT DESIGN.
CHAPTER 3 - USES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TEST SCORES.
CHAPTER 4 - CONSTRUCT-RELATED INFERENCES: EXPLANATION AND EXTRAPOLATION.
CHAPTER 5 - CONSISTENCY-RELATED INFERENCES: GENERALIZATION AND EVALUATION.
CHAPTER 6 - CONTENT DOMAIN-RELATED INFERENCE: DOMAIN DEFINITION.
CHAPTER 7 - BUILDING A VALIDITY ARGUMENT.
REFERENCES.
INDEX.
Carol A. Chapelle shows readers how to design validation research for tests of human capacities and performance. Any test that is used to make decisions about people or programs should have undergone extensive research to demonstrate that the scores are actually appropriate for their intended purpose. Argument-Based Validation in Testing and Assessment is intended to help close the gap between theory and practice, by introducing, explaining, and demonstrating how test developers can formulate the overall design for their validation research from an argument-based perspective.
