Validity Argument References and Suggested Readings
Articles:
Anastasi, A. (1986). Evolving concepts of test validation. Annual Reviews of Psychology,
37, 1–15.
Haertel, E. H. (1999). Validity arguments for high-stakes testing: In search of
the evidence. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 18, 4, 5–9.
Kane, M. (2001). Current concerns in validity theory. Journal of Educational Measurement,
38, 319-342.
Kane, M. (2004). Certification testing as an illustration of argument-based validation.
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research & Perspective, 2 (3), 135–170
Marion, S. F. & Pellegrino, J. W. (2006). A validity framework for evaluating the
technical quality of alternate assessments. Educational Measurement: Issues and
Practice, 25, 4, 47-57.
Ryan, K. (2002). Assessment validation in the context of high stakes assessments.
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 21(1), 7-15.
Books:
Chapelle, C., Enright, M., & Jamieson, J. (Eds.) (2008). Building a Validity Argument
for the Test of English as a Foreign Language. New York, NY: Routledge.
Cronbach, L. J. (1971). Test validation. In R. L. Thorndike (Ed.), Educational Measurement
(2nd ed., pp. 443–507). Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
Kane, M. (2006). Validity. In R. L. Linn (Ed.), Educational Measurement (4th ed.,
pp. 17–64). New York: American Council on Education, Macmillan Publishing.
Lazaraton, A. (2002). A qualitative approach to the validation of oral language
tests. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Messick, S. (1989). Validity. In R. L. Linn (Ed.), Educational Measurement (3rd
ed., pp. 13–103). New York: American Council on Education, Macmillan Publishing.
Shepard, L. A. (1993). Evaluating test validity. In L. Darling-Hammond (Ed.), Review
of Research in Education, 19, 405–450.
Web Resources:
Lane, S. (1999). Validity evidence for assessment. Presented at the Reidy Interactive
Lecture Series. Available for download at www.nciea.org.