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Peer reviewedMessick, Samuel – American Psychologist, 1995
Presents a comprehensive review of validity that includes an empirical evaluation of the actual and potential consequences of score interpretation and use, how those consequences come about, and what determines them. Six distinguishable aspects of construct validity are highlighted as a means of addressing central issues implicit in the notion of…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Models
Peer reviewedMessick, Samuel; Barrows, Thomas S. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1972
Questions arising in research and evaluation are more complicated in the area of early childhood education because of the vagaries of measurement with very young children and the occurrence of rapid changes during the early years. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Information Sources
