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At the first Ford Foundation-sponsored National Symposium on Equity and Educational Testing and Assessment, held in 1993, nine principles were adopted by the leadership that were intended to make both equity and quality dominant themes in the development of new standards and assessments. Those principles are the focus of this paper. More specifically, the purpose of this paper is to review the nine principles, discuss their implications for practice, and suggest possible additions or revisions of the principles. Current conceptions of validity as articulated by measurement theorists such as Cronbach (1988; 1989), Linn (1994), Linn, Baker & Dunbar (1991); Messick (1989; 1994; 1995), Moss (1994), and Shepard (1993) will provide the framework for reviewing the principles.
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Linn, R.L. (1999). Validity Standards and Principles on Equity in Educational Testing and Assessment. In: Nettles, A.L., Nettles, M.T. (eds) Measuring Up. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4399-8_2
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