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Understanding test results

18 February, 2015 - 11:35
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Note: The primary author of this module is Dr. Rosemary Sutton.

In order to understand test results from standardized tests it is important to be familiar with a variety of terms and concepts that are fundamental to “measurement theory”, the academic study of measurement and assessment. Two major areas in measurement theory, reliability and validity, were discussed in the previous chapter; in this chapter we focus on concepts and terms associated with test scores.