TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chatterji,Madhabi
ED  - Columbia University, 
TI  - Validity and Test Use: an International Dialogue on Educational Assessment, Accountability and Equity 
SN  - 9781781909461 (hbk)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Bingley, UK
PB  - Emerald
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Testing
KW  - Examinations
KW  - Validity
KW  - Educational evaluation
N1  - The book compiles three invited chapters based on keynote speeches along with four reaction chapters to each. The chapters were originally presented at an invitational assessment conference held in March, 2012, co-sponsored by the Educational Testing Service, the National Science Foundation, and Teachers College, Columbia University through its Assessment and Evaluation Research Initiative (AERI); Includes bibliographical references and index; "Validity and Test Use examines the overlapping topics of validity, validation, and use of educational tests and test data in practice, policy, and evaluative contexts around the globe. While educational testing is ubiquitous today, the validity (or the meaningfulness and defensibility) of test scores and assessment reports is frequently compromised in test use settings by factors that are still largely undocumented or poorly understood. Some of these factors concern the test itself (e.g. poorly constructed items). Others lie completely outside a test, having to do with ways in which assessment instruments and data they yield are put to use in applied environments. This book addresses a range of validity issues typically encountered in high stakes testing contexts, searching for solutions to two questions: To what extent are popular uses of educational tests and assessment information in international environments, valid? And: What can be done to optimize validity internationally, and with it, fair and equitable assessment and evaluation practices? Reflecting perspectives of a prominent cadre of measurement and evaluation scholars and policy experts, the book offers new insights and frameworks for improving validity at the nexus of assessment design and use." (Book Cover); CONTENTS; Chapter 1. Global forces and Educational Assessment - A Foreword on Why We Need an International Dialogue on Validity and Test Use /; Madhabi Chatterji; Section 1. Validity, Fairness and Testing of Individuals in High Stakes Decision-Making Contexts

; Chapter 2. Validity and Fairness in the Testing of Individuals /; Michael Kane; Chapter 3. Standardized Assessments and Implications for Improving Test and Sampling Designs: Applying Kane's Principles for Validation /; Alina A. von Davier; Chapter 4. Is Fairness Research Doing Justice? A Modest Proposal for an Alternative Validation Approach in Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Investigations;  Kadriye Ercikan and Maria Elena Oliveri; Chapter 5. Fairness and Validity from the Viewpoints of Different Assessment Actors: A French Reaction to Michael Kane's Contribution /; Sébastien Georges; Chapter 6. The Gordon Commission's Perspectives on the Future of Assessment: Looking Beyond Kane's View /; Edmund W. Gordon; Section 2. Validity Issues in Models of Teacher Evaluation and School Accountability; Chapter 7. Evaluation-Centred School Improvement: Potential, Prerequisites, and Validity Considerations /; Adrie Visscher; Chapter 8. Education, Testing, and Validity: A Nordic Comparative Perspective;  Jakob Wandall; Chapter 9. Reflections on Rationality, Evidence and Issues of Validity: Evaluating Schools and Teachers;  Aaron Pallas; Chapter 10. International Parallels in Responses to Accountability Requirements: Validity Considerations /; Drew H. Gitomer; Chapter 11. Addressing Validity and Other Challenges in Evaluation-Centered School Improvement Models: Possibilities in the Netherlands and Malaysia /; Haniza Yon; Section 3. Validity Issues in International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) Programs

; Chapter 12. Validity Issues in International Large Scale Assessment Programs: "Truth or consequences" /; Michael J. Feuer; Chapter 13. International Large Scale Assessment (ILSA) Programs and the Challenges of Consequential Validity /; Hans Wagemaker; Chapter 14. Validity Issues in International Large Scale Assessment (ILSA) Programs: Tthoughts for Developing Countries /; Eduardo Backhoff; Chapter 15. Validity and International Large Scale Assessment programs: a reaction to Feuer's "Truth" and "Consequences" /; Valena White Plisko; Chapter 16. Applying Feuer's Validation Framework in a Canadian Context: a Look at International Large Scale Assessment programs /; Robert Laurie; Chapter 17. Insights, Emerging Taxonomies, and Theories of Action Towards Improving Validity /; Madhabi Chatterji
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