March Webinar -
Understanding Reliability and Validity Evidence to Support the Interpretations and Uses of Assessment Scores

March 2nd, 2021 3:30 p.m. ET

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Reliable scores and valid score interpretations are critical to making informed, evidence-based improvements. In this webinar, we will discuss how reliability and validity evidence are connected to specific purposes of an assessment instrument. Measurement theory beginners are invited to attend to learn about different types of reliability including test-retest reliability, alternate forms reliability, and measures of internal consistency (e.g., coefficient alpha) as well as what it means to develop a body of evidence to validate interpretations and uses of test scores.

Presenter:

Brian C Leventhal, Assistant Assessment Specialist (Center for Assessment and Research Studies); Assistant Professor (Department of Graduate Psychology)

Dr. Brian C. Leventhal is an assistant Assessment Specialist in the Center for Assessment and Research Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University. He is the assessment liaison to general education focusing on written and oral communication, information literacy, and critical thinking skills. Dr. Leventhal’s has written on Reliability and Measurement Error for the Routledge Encyclopedia on Education and is the incoming editor of Instructional Topics in Educational Measurement Series (ITEMS). His research focuses on improvement of student learning and advanced measurement and psychometric topics in higher education.