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

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作者
Brennan, Robert L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Iowa, CASMA, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
关键词
VALIDITY;
D O I
10.1111/jedm.12001
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:74 / 83
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