Division D: Robert L. Linn Distinguished Address Award

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session features an invited address by the recipient of the Robert L. Linn Distinguished Address Award. The award honors a scholar whose work bridges educational measurement and some other significant area of research (e.g., assessment policy, learning theory, curriculum and instruction) and has resulted in a widespread positive impact on the field of educational measurement. Professor Mark Wilson, recipient of the 2017 award, will give the Linn address at the 2018 AERA Annual Meeting.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies

Chair

• Richard J. Shavelson, Stanford University

Papers

• Developing an Essential Feature of Test Validity Arguments: Alignment Among the Test Design, Interpretation of Test Outcomes, and Evidence for Validity - Mark R. Wilson, University of California - Berkeley