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The extent to which a test provides scores that are meaningful, appropriate, or useful is referred to as

	reliability.
	validity.
	accuracy.
	social desirability.

Ms. Galbreth's son has applied to a high school in New Orleans, but the application was denied solely on his low score on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). Her son wants to attend this school and contends his current grades and other standardized test scores speak well to both his past work and future academic capability. In essence, he suggests the ITBS does not predict his future performance very well. Which of the following characteristics of the ITBS is this student questioning?

	Construct validity
	Content validity
	Predictive validity
	Concurrent validity

A common complaint about policies that require students with special needs to take on-grade-level high stakes tests is focused on

	Construct validity
	Content validity
	Predictive validity
	Consequential validity

Which of the following is likely to reduce the validity of a test?

	Unclear test directions
	Ambiguous items
	Untaught items
	All of these

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