1.1. Content vailitdity compares instructional objectives with test items.
1.2. This is important to ensure that tests are identifying the student’s knowledge of the learning outcomes.
2. Internal Consistency
2.1. Internal consistency is important in measuring that student is processing information that can be used in a broader context.
2.2. Enures consistency if different formats
3. Re-tetsing
3.1. Re-testing helps to see if students are really acquiring material and not from memory.
3.2. Enures consistency
4. Construct Validity
4.1. “Construct validity refers to the degree to which inferences can legitimately be made from the operationalization in your study to the theoretical constructs on which that operationalization were based” ((Trochim, 2006). Trochim, William. 2006. Research Methods Knowledge Base. Retrieved on September 15, 2012 from http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.php
4.2. This is important is assessment because it helps the teacher determine if their judgments of a student’s learning ability match the test outcomes.
