If You Want to Use a Test to Measure Students

question 32

Multiple Choice

If you want to use a test to measure students' self-concepts, and if you are concerned about the test's construct validity, you are concerned about whether the

• A) items on the test accurately reflect a particular body of knowledge or skill.
• B) test can be used to predict student performance on a task in the future.
• C) test's norms were developed using an appropriate standardization group.
• D) test can identify students with strong self-concepts and those with weak self-concepts.

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