Kane M T
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Eval Health Prof. 1994 Jun;17(2):133-59; discussion 236-41. doi: 10.1177/016327879401700202.
To validate the interpretation assigned to test scores is to support the rationale for this interpretation. The interpretations for licensure and certification tests involve a sequence of inferences, or an argument, leading from the test score to decisions about licensure or certification. This article examines several possible interpretive arguments for licensure and certification test scores and analyzes the evidence required to support each type of argument. Particular attention is given to a competency-based argument that involves a sequence of several inferences leading from test scores to statements about competence, and then to conclusions about expected performance in practice. Decisions about licensure or certification are based on expected performance in practice.
验证赋予测试分数的解释就是为这种解释提供依据。执照和认证考试的解释涉及一系列推理，即一个从考试分数到关于执照或认证的决策的论证。本文探讨了执照和认证考试分数的几种可能的解释性论证，并分析了支持每种论证所需的证据。特别关注一种基于能力的论证，它涉及从考试分数到关于能力的陈述，再到关于实际预期表现的结论的一系列推理。关于执照或认证的决策基于实际预期表现。
