Validity¶
Messick, S. (1987). Validity. Educational Measurement, 13-103.
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Primes¶
- Construct Validity
- The pattern carries an evaluative load and a human-practice flavor — "validity" is normative, and the very notion of a "construct" presupposes a theory to be named
This sourceUnified, value-laden theory of validity emphasizing that validity is a property of inferences and that the construct must be theoretically named.
- The pattern carries an evaluative load and a human-practice flavor — "validity" is normative, and the very notion of a "construct" presupposes a theory to be named
- Summative Assessment
- Summative assessment embodies the structural necessity of aggregated measurement for decision-making in large-scale systems — a position Messick (1989) elaborated in his unified theory of validity as the integrated evaluation of the soundness of score-based interpretations and uses.
This sourceAmerican Council on Education and Macmillan. Unified theory of validity as integrated evaluation of the empirical evidence and theoretical rationales supporting score interpretations and uses; canonical reference for validity in summative assessment.
- Summative assessment embodies the structural necessity of aggregated measurement for decision-making in large-scale systems — a position Messick (1989) elaborated in his unified theory of validity as the integrated evaluation of the soundness of score-based interpretations and uses.
- Validation
- The technical and social aspects of validation are distinct, and confusion between them creates friction: engineers argue the system is validated technically and therefore should be deployed; critics argue that technical validation is insufficient — a value-laden dimension Messick (1989) made central to his unified theory of validity, in which the social consequences of test use are themselves a validity concern.
This sourceAmerican Council on Education and Macmillan. Unified theory of validity as integrated evaluation of the empirical evidence and theoretical rationales supporting score interpretations and uses; canonical reference for validity in summative assessment.
- The technical and social aspects of validation are distinct, and confusion between them creates friction: engineers argue the system is validated technically and therefore should be deployed; critics argue that technical validation is insufficient — a value-laden dimension Messick (1989) made central to his unified theory of validity, in which the social consequences of test use are themselves a validity concern.
Mechanisms¶
- Identity-Cue Audit
- Its discipline of tying cues to channels is a working application of the idea of construct-irrelevant variance — sources of score variation
This sourceDefines construct-irrelevant variance as score variation caused by factors extraneous to the capability or construct being measured.
- Its discipline of tying cues to channels is a working application of the idea of construct-irrelevant variance — sources of score variation
- Rubric Review
- Its central failure mode is construct-irrelevant variance: a rubric can quietly reward features that are easy to describe but beside the point — length, formatting, vocabulary — so raters agree with each other while all being wrong about what matters.
This sourceDefines construct-irrelevant variance as score variation caused by factors extraneous to the construct intended to be measured.
- Its central failure mode is construct-irrelevant variance: a rubric can quietly reward features that are easy to describe but beside the point — length, formatting, vocabulary — so raters agree with each other while all being wrong about what matters.
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