How Fair Is My Test? A Ratio Coefficient to Help Represent Consequential Validity (Poster 32)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Fourteen
  In Poster Session: Research in Test Validity

Abstract

The degree to which test scores can support justified and fair decisions about demographically diverse participants has been an important aspect of educational and psychological testing. Here, we formulate a relatively simple-to-calculate ratio coefficient that is meant to capture how well the scores from a given test can predict a criterion free from the undue influence of student demographics. We posit three example calculations of this Consequential Validity Ratio (CVR): one where the CVR is quite strong, another where the CVR is more moderate, and a third where the CVR is weak.

Authors

• Denis Dumas, University of Georgia
  Presenting Author

• Yixiao Dong, University of Denver
  Non-Presenting Author

• Daniel McNeish, Arizona State University
  Non-Presenting Author