Commentary on "Validating the Interpretations and Uses of Test Scores"

Autor/in	Brennan, Robert L.
Titel	Commentary on "Validating the Interpretations and Uses of Test Scores"
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Measurement, 50 (2013) 1, S.74-83 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0655
DOI	10.1111/jedm.12001
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Validity; Test Interpretation; Test Use; Scores; Inferences; Scoring; Generalization; Test Results + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Testanwendung; Inference; Inferenz; Bewertung
Abstract	Kane's paper "Validating the Interpretations and Uses of Test Scores" is the most complete and clearest discussion yet available of the argument-based approach to validation. At its most basic level, validation as formulated by Kane is fundamentally a simply-stated two-step enterprise: (1) specify the claims inherent in a particular interpretation and/or use of test scores (IUA); and (2) provide an evaluation of the claims (validity argument). Kane discusses four types of inferences that provide a scaffolding for addressing these two arguments: scoring, generalization, extrapolation, and decision rules. Decision rules, in particular, are closely related to consequences, which loom large in the argument-based approach to validation. The present commentary on Kane's paper attempts to simplify some of his discussions, while expanding others. The author suggests that Kane's argument-based approach to validation offers by far the best current basis for optimism about improvements in validation. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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