Validity and Reliability of Assessments

1. It refers to the degree to which a test measures what it intends to measure.

• Validity 

• Reliability

Obtaining similar scores for the same group of people form repeatedly using the same instrument over and over is an indication of the instrument's ________.

• Reliability

• Validity

The degree to which an assessment accurately assesses the concept and/or skill we are attempting to measure.

• validity

• reliability

It is important for teacher to understand the concept of validity because:

• Teachers should consider more than one learning objective across other subject when assessing students.

• It does not matter if they are not the ones being assessed.

• Teachers must understand that any created assessment should accurately measure what it is intended to measure.

• Teachers must be considerate.