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Record Nr.

UNINA9910985641903321

Autore

Chalhoub-Deville Micheline

Titolo

Validity : Theoretical Development and Integrated Arguments

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

9781487569846

148756984X

9781781799918

1781799911

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Collana

British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing Series

Altri autori (Persone)

O'SullivanBarry

Disciplina

371.26

Soggetti

Examinations - Validity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Historical overview of validity -- Chapter 3 Principled design, test development and validation -- Chapter 4 Validity and consequences -- Chapter 5 An integrated argument-based approach to validation -- Chapter 6 Conclusion: Validation, localisation and case studies -- References -- Appendix -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This monograph provides a historical overview of validity, targeting developments in both the UK and the US. It explores theoretical notions of validity as well as pragmatic validation practices and expands the arguments that need to be attended to document quality"--