The first reason for caring about how sensitive our standardized tests are to instruction is moral. If the tests we use to judge the effects of instruction on student learning are not sensitive to ...

A review of Florida's new statewide test has found the exam is valid and the results can be used to judge teacher and school performance, the Florida Department of Education announced. But the review ...

TALLAHASSEE | Florida's high stakes tests taken by millions of school children are valid according to a new independent study. But the study released Tuesday by the Department of Education continues ...

In my previous blog post, I noted that reliability and validity are two essential properties of psychological measurement. Measures of intelligence, personality, vocational interests, and so forth ...

Genetic variants associated with drug response or drug-related adverse events can potentially be used to improve the efficacy and safety of drugs. 1, 2, 3 Pharmacogenetic tests are generally thought ...