Validity: on the meaningful interpretation of assessment data

By S. Downing. Medical Education, 2003

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Discrepancies between school grades and test scores at individual and school level: effects of gender and family background (2008, background): “In order to justify interpretation and the use of scores (scores in a broad sense, both qualitative and quantitative summaries, where grades may be seen as a quantitative summary), multiple sources of evidence provide a framework for the validation of assessment where each source of evidence (conten”
Patient-reported outcomes: A new era in clinical research (2011, background): “[3] It is a necessary (but not adequate) component of validity.[27,28] To establish the reliability of the scores before using the PROinstrument in practice, it is necessary that there should be sufficient accrual of evidence.”
Tools for direct observation and assessment of clinical skills of medical trainees: a systematic review. (2009, methodology): “Deming management method (adapted)36 Emergency medicine Communication, counseling (16) Scale (1-3) with adjective anchors No Yes Cronbach Concurrent validity No”