Types of Validity

______ validity is subjective because it depends on how people percieve and see a certain test.

• Content

• Construct

• Face

• Predictive

If a test measures the ability it claims to measure, then the test has _____ validity.

• content

• construct

• face

• concurrent

If a test correlates with other ones and measures against benchmark tests, then the test has ______ validity.

• content

• construct

• concurrent

• predictive

If a test predicts how a candidate might perform in the future, then it has ______ validity.

• concurrent

• construct

• face

• predictive

If a test has representative samples of language skills it claims to measure, has proper samples of relevant structures, and the content matches the instructional objectives, then the test has good ______ validity.

• content

• construct

• face

• predictive

Testing pronunciation with "odd one out" technique might result in low (a)   validity.

If your students scored well in your tests on a regular basis but now get very low grades in other English classes with different teachers at the same level, then your tests might have had low (a)   validity.

If the final exam you constructed evaluates only the last three topics out of 10 that you have taught, then the test has a low (a)   validity.

If a teacher uses a tiny font size that it is unreadable in the reading part, then the test might have issues with (a)   validity in spite of its good quality and content.

If the results of your new test are quite similar to the results of the previous tests, then your new test has a good (a)   validity.