The competence tests correlate fairly well with the average grade given by the vocational school teachers (r = .40) and with the apprentices' self-rating of their vocational competence (r = .33), suggesting high retrograde and concurrent validity of the competence measure.
To show validity of the competence test we investigated its sensitivity for EBM competency change in a group of undergraduate students of Health Sciences and Education.
Exploring the validity of strategic competence respecting SL/FL writing required an examination of this issue from students' cognitive processes in order to establish the validity of model.
The evaluation of the validity of action competence provided by this article reveals that the assessment entails not the intended, process-oriented structure but rather a fractured, subject-specific, content structure.
The specific real-world validity of functional competence is modest and this information is largely redundant with standard cognitive performance.
Particular attention is given to the analysis of reliability and validity of the developed competence assessment based on the empirical study.
The present study aimed at investigating the validity of the strategic competence model comprising of three components namely goal setting, assessment, and planning through grounded theory approach.
Although the researchers faced comparable problems as described above, the research results contributed to further establishment of reliability and validity of a standardized competence assessment tool.
Compromising on reliability has important implications for the resultant validity of the inferences of competence [ 21- 23] and our findings suggest that steps must be taken to limit possible threats to validity as described by Downing and Haladyna [ 24].
The reliability and validity of the TMIG index of competence have been tested [ 21].
