Validating the Interpretations and Uses of Test Scores.¶
Kane, M. T. (2013). Validating the Interpretations and Uses of Test Scores. Journal of Educational Measurement, 50(1), 1-73.
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3 citations across 3 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Summative Assessment
- T2: Score Use Legitimacy vs Secondary-Use Drift. Kane (2013) made score-use legitimacy the central object of validation by reframing validity as an argument-based evaluation of specific interpretations and uses, against which secondary-use drift can be diagnosed.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Kane's own abstract backs validity as an argument-based evaluation of proposed score interpretations and uses, and keeps score-use validity distinct from interpretation-validity, but it never uses or defines 'secondary-use drift'.
“Validation then can be thought of as an evaluation of the coherence and completeness of this interpretation/use argument and of the plausibility of its inferences and assumptions.”
- T2: Score Use Legitimacy vs Secondary-Use Drift. Kane (2013) made score-use legitimacy the central object of validation by reframing validity as an argument-based evaluation of specific interpretations and uses, against which secondary-use drift can be diagnosed.
Domain-specific¶
- Educational Measurement
- Not validity as a coefficient. Kane emphasizes that interpretations and uses, not tests or scores in isolation, are validated through an argument whose assumptions require evidence.
This sourceDevelops an argument-based account in which proposed interpretations and uses, rather than tests in isolation, are validated.
- Not validity as a coefficient. Kane emphasizes that interpretations and uses, not tests or scores in isolation, are validated through an argument whose assumptions require evidence.
Mechanisms¶
- Construct Validity Argument
- The discipline that keeps it straight is to state the intended interpretation before gathering evidence, hunt actively for disconfirmation, and treat the weakest inference — not the strongest — as the headline.
This sourceRequires the intended interpretation and use to be made explicit as an argument whose inferences and assumptions can then be evaluated.
- The discipline that keeps it straight is to state the intended interpretation before gathering evidence, hunt actively for disconfirmation, and treat the weakest inference — not the strongest — as the headline.
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