Editing Predictive validity (section)

==Predictive validity in modern validity theory==

The latest ''Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing''<ref name="1999standards">American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education. (1999). ''Standards for educational and psychological testing''. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.</ref> reflect [[Samuel Messick|Samuel Messick's]] model of validity<ref name="messick1995">Messick, S. (1995). Validity of psychological assessment: Validation of inferences from persons’ responses and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning. ''American Psychologist, 50'', 741–749.</ref> and do not use the term "predictive validity." Rather, the ''Standards'' describe validity-supporting "Evidence Based on Relationships [between the test scores and] Other Variables."

Predictive validity involves testing a group of subjects for a certain construct, and then comparing them with results obtained at some point in the future.