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Test Validity and the Ethics of Assessment.
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Messick, Samuel – American Psychologist, 1980
Discusses evaluation of tests both in terms of their measurement properties and their potential social consequences. Presents a model for evaluating test validity based on empirical evidence as well as on ethical decisions. Stresses the importance of construct validity as a rational foundation for test predictiveness and relevance; and the…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing, Ethics, Psychological Testing
Educational Testing, Individual Development, and Social Responsibility
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Messick, Samuel; Anderson, Scarvia – Counseling Psychologist, 1970
This article is a response to an article in a previous issue by Robert L. Williams on unfairness in testing blacks with existing instruments. This paper discusses: (1) testing as systematic inquiry; (2) the question of bias; (3) test use; and (4) the consequences of not testing. (CJ)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Testing, Individual Development, Measurement Instruments