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Understanding Test Validity in Assessment

The document discusses the concept of validity in testing. It defines validity as the degree to which a test measures what it intends to measure. There are different types of validity, including content validity (how well a test covers the intended content), concurrent validity (how well test scores correlate with other measures taken at the same time), predictive validity (how accurately a test predicts future performance), and construct validity (what psychological qualities a test measures). Validity is specific to the purpose of a test and is a matter of degree; a test may be valid for one purpose but not another.

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Understanding Test Validity in Assessment

The document discusses the concept of validity in testing. It defines validity as the degree to which a test measures what it intends to measure. There are different types of validity, including content validity (how well a test covers the intended content), concurrent validity (how well test scores correlate with other measures taken at the same time), predictive validity (how accurately a test predicts future performance), and construct validity (what psychological qualities a test measures). Validity is specific to the purpose of a test and is a matter of degree; a test may be valid for one purpose but not another.

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Nasreen Shayesta

1480
MSc Applied Linguistics 2nd

Validity
It is the degree to which the test tests what it is

intended to test.
Various questions like What this test tests?, To
what extent it measures the required ability? can
be asked to confirm validity.
Validity
refers
to
the
appropriateness
of
interpretations of test results for a particular use.
A test can reliable without being valid but the
converse is not true.
An unreliable test will not show high degree of
validity.

Validity
Validity is related to purpose while reliability is

related to stability of the test. So a test may


be valid for one purpose but invalid for
another purpose. But at the same time the
test will be reliable if it is consistent in its
results.
Validity has various kinds which are being
discussed in next slide.

Kinds of Validity
Content Validity
How well the content is covered in the test.
It is important in achievement and proficiency
tests.
It is sometimes called face validity.
Concurrent Validity
How well test scores correspond to already

accepted measures of performance or status


made at the same time.

Kinds of Validity
Predictive Validity
How well the predictions made by the test are
confirmed by evidence at some subsequent time.
It is similar to concurrent validity except that the
evidence on the criterion measures is collected
later.
Construct Validity
It is evaluated by investigating what psychological

qualities a test measures.


It is used when other three types of validity are
insufficient to indicate what test measures.

Kinds of Validity
This type of validity is usually involved in such

tests as of study habits, appreciations,


understandings and interpretation of data.

Nature of Validity
Validity refers to the appropriateness of the

interpretation of the results of test or evaluation


instrument and not an instrument itself.
Validity is a mater of degree.
Validity is always specific to some particular
use. NO test is valid for all purposes.
Validity is viewed as a unitary concept based on
various kinds of evidence. The basic are
content, criterion related and construct. Various
other factors may tend to make the test invalid.

Adequacy
It is the degree to which a test samples

sufficiently widely into the subject that the


resulting scores are representative of relative
total performance in the areas measured.
Careful test taker never assumes that test
measures all the required skills.
A best test is a sample of certain portions of
the total behavior which the examiner
considers vital to pupil mastery in the field.

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