Understanding Validity and Reliability in Assessment

True or false: Valid assessments measure what students know, understand, and can do in relation to the curricular outcomes.

True or false: Reliability in assessment is focused on consistent interpretation by the same teacher regarding a student’s demonstration of learning.

True or false: Teachers can ask themselves about the reliability of their assessments by considering if another teacher would arrive at the same conclusion if assessed at a different time using the same methods.

True or false: The Ontario Ministry of Education defines reliability as the degree to which an assessment measures what it claims to measure.

True or false: Validity is the degree to which an assessment or evaluation actually measures what it claims to measure.

Validity and reliability are synonymous terms.

Strong validity supports improved reliability.

Consistent reliability ensures valid assessments.

Validity in student assessment is focused on understanding how to measure accurately.

Assessment tools do not need to align with curricular outcomes to ensure validity.