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Validity as a Variable: Can the Same Certification Test Be Valid for All Students?
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Schmidt, William H.; And Others – 1982
Content, instructional, and curricular validity, as related to certification tests, are examined. All three deal with content validity but the domain differs among the the three. Certification tests must have instructional validity, i.e., the test must be valid both with respect to the domain used to define the minimum competencies and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
A Comparison of Content and Student Performance for the Alabama Basic Competency Tests and the California Achievement Tests.
Mitchell, Katherine; And Others – 1981
Committees on Content Analysis and Correlation Studies were appointed by the Alabama State Superintendent of Education to provide information regarding the similarities and differences between the Californa Achievement Tests (CAT), Levels 13-C and 16-C, and the Alabama Basic Competency Tests (BCT), grade 3 and 6. The major purpose of these…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
South Carolina Validation Study of Criterion-Referenced Tests in Reading and Mathematics. A Technical Publication of the Office of Research. Office of Research Report Series.
Scott, Corinne C. – 1978
The results are presented of the validation study of reading and mathematics criterion referenced tests, administered to South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 8. This testing was mandated by state law to field test a competency based assessment program. The study was based on three activities: (1) test selection; (2) content validation; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment