Validity Arguments for High‐stakes Testing: In Search of the Evidence
Educational Measurement Issues and PracticePublished 1 December 1999
Edward H. Haertel
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What do we need to do to establish the validity of high‐stakes testing programs? How can we move away from a “confirmationist” bias? What questions haven't we been asking that we need to ask?
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Decision SciencesMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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