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SUMMARY:Cambridge Assessment Network: Validity Unpacked - Stuart Shaw
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DESCRIPTION:Throughout nearly one hundred years of educational and psychol
 ogical measurement and assessment theorisation the primacy of validity has
  been consistently affirmed. Validity theory has evolved from disparate an
 d contested origins to a point where there is now strong professional cons
 ensus over a precise\, technical meaning. While validity can be treated as
  a synonym for assessment quality it also remains one of the most controve
 rsial topics in educational and psychological measurement.\n\nThis worksho
 p will seek to respond to two fundamental questions in relation to current
  conceptions of validity\, the first concerning validity theory and the se
 cond concerning validation practice:\n\n1.What does it mean to claim valid
 ity?\n2.How can a claim to validity be substantiated?\nParticipants will b
 e given an opportunity to explore issues surrounding the current consensus
  as well as an opportunity to consider alternate\, divergent conceptions o
 f validity.\n\nSpeaker biography\n\nStuart Shaw is Principal Research Offi
 cer and Research Co-ordinator\, Assessment Standards and Quality at Cambri
 dge International Examinations (CIE).\n\nStuart has worked for Cambridge A
 ssessment since January 2001 where he began as a Validation Officer in the
  Research and Validation Unit (Cambridge English\, previously Cambridge ES
 OL) with specific skill responsibilities for Writing for a range of Cambri
 dge English products. In June 2007\, Stuart moved away from Cambridge Engl
 ish examinations into mainstream international examinations. He is particu
 larly interested in demonstrating how Cambridge Assessment in general\, an
 d CIE in particular\, are seeking to meet the demands of validity in their
  assessments. Recent publications include: Examining Writing: Research and
  practice in assessing second language writing (Shaw and Weir\, 2007)\; an
 d\, The IELTS Writing Assessment Revision Project: towards a revised ratin
 g scale (Shaw and Falvey\, 2008). He is currently working with Dr Paul New
 ton on a textbook provisionally entitled ‘Validity: Theorising the evalu
 ation of educational and psychological measurement’.\n
LOCATION:9 Hills Road\, Cambridge Assessment
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