The Quality of Assessment Tools and Their Results: Validity, Reliability and Utility

Practical considerations that affect the ultimate usefulness of an assessment tool in actual user contexts, such as its costs and efficiency during administration, are relevant to its utility. Utility factors should be kept in mind by assessment developers or users during assessment design and selection. The utility of an assessment tool eventually affects how it gets implemented in practice, which in turn can influence the validity and reliability of the assessment results.

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