Understanding validity
Ofqual's Research Chair, Paul Newton, publishes a paper exploring validity in assessment and its role in Ofqual's work.
Ofqual has today (19 October 2017) published a research paper exploring validity in educational assessment and its relationship to Ofqual鈥檚 work. In the paper, Paul Newton, Research Chair at Ofqual, asks 鈥榃hat is validity?鈥� and 鈥楬ow is it possible to judge whether a qualification has sufficient validity?鈥�. He explores what Ofqual means when it says that 鈥榠t regulates so that qualifications are sufficiently valid and trusted鈥�.
皇冠体育app paper is an introduction to the concept of validity in education assessment, and aims to help those who are new to the subject understand how validity can mean different things to different people, and yet still be critical to the success of any assessment.
In addition to the paper, Paul explores 鈥榃hat is validity?鈥� in a video for our YouTube channel, and appears in the to talk about validity and the publication of today鈥檚 paper.
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