The Centrality of Test Use and Consequences for Test Validity

1997262 citationsJournal Article

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Lorrie A. Shepard · University of Colorado Boulder

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What are the origins of consequential validity? What is the role of intended test use in validation? Is the study of unintended effects part of validation? What practical problems does this pose?

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Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Student Assessment and Feedback Evaluation and Performance Assessment

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Published in: Educational Measurement Issues and Practice

Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 5-24

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1997.tb00585.x

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