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Peer reviewedMessick, Samuel – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1995
Six distinguishable aspects of construct validity are discussed as they apply to performance assessment, emphasizing content, substantive, structural, generalizability, external, and consequential aspects. Taken together, these aspects provide a way to address validity questions in score interpretation and use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Educational Assessment, Generalization
