Reliability and Validity

High reliability is one indicator that a measurement is valid.

• Reliability

• Reliability & Validity

• Validity

• Internal - External Validity

Those are the Types of Validity EXCEPT.....

• Content validity

• Face validity

• Consistency Validity

• Predictive validity

A test is consistent and dependable. This concept is...

• Validity

• Reliability

• Practicality

This concept talks about the extent to which inferences made from assessment results are appropiate, meaningful, and useful in terms of the purpose of the assessment.

• Washback

• Validity

• Reliability

Human error, subjectivity, and bias may enter into the scoring process. This concept is _____

• Validity

• Washback

• Rater reliablility

This happens when two or more scorers yield inconsistent scores of the same test.

• Inter-rater reliability

• Intra-rater reliability

• Test administration reliability

A test is consistent and dependable. If we give the tets to the same students or matched students on two different occasions will have a similar result. it is a concept of...

• Validity

• Reliability

• Practicality

• Washback

Human error, subjectivity, and bias may enter into the scoring process. This concept is _____

• Validity

• Washback

• Rater Reliability

• Students- Related Reliability

The extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure is the concept of ...

• Reliability

• Validity

• Practicality

• Authenticity

Keep the instruction language simple and give an example.

Use language that is similar to what you’ve used in class, so as not to confuse students.

If it is possible, ask a colleague to do the test before you use it with students.

For testing, productive skills such as writing and speaking, have two markers and use standard written criteria

Those are the same ways that we can do to make our test becomes...

• Valid

• Practical

• Authentic

• Reliable