VALIDATION

AND VALIDITY
1.
VALIDATION
Is the process of
collecting analyzing
evidence to support the
meaningfulness and
usefulness of a test
2.
VALIDITY
Is the extent to which a test
measures what it purports
(claims) to measure or as
referring to the appropriateness,
correctness, meaningfulness
and usefulness of the specific
decisions a teacher makes
based on thee test results.
THREE MAIN TYPES OF EVIDENCE
THAT MIGHT BE COLLECTED:

❑ Content-related evidence of validity

❑ Criterion-related evidence of validity
❑ Construct-related evidence of validity

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Content-related
evidence of validity
refers to the Questions:
content and format How appropriate is
of the instrument. the content?
How
comprehensive?
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Criterion-related
evidence of
validity refers to
the relationship Questions:
between scores How strong is this
obtained using relationship?
the instrument How well do such
and scores scores estimate
obtained using present or predict
one or more future performance
other tests of a certain type? 8
 TWO MAIN TYPES OF
CRITERION VALIDITY

Concurrent Validity Predictive Validity

Refers to a comparison The test scores in the
between measure in instrument are correlated
question and an outcome with scores on a later
assessed at the same performance of the
time. students

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Construct-related
evidence of Questions:
validity refers to
How does a measure
the nature of the of the construct
psychological explain differences
construct or in the behavior of
characteristics the individuals or
being measured their performance
by the test on a certain task? 10