The Interplay of Evidence and Consequences in the Validation of Performance Assessments

摘要: Authentic and direct assessments of performances products are examined in the light contrasting functions purposes having implications for validation, especially with respect to need specialized validity criteria tailored performance assessment. These include contrasts between products, assessment per se competence or other constructs, structured unstructured problems response modes, breadth depth domain coverage. distinctions elaborated context an overarching contrast task-driven construct-driven Rhetoric touting because they eschew decomposed skills decontextualized tasks is viewed as misguided, that component abstract have a legitimate place pedagogy. Hence, essence authentic must be sought elsewhere, is, quest complete construct repre...