Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become school refusers (i. e., they refuse to attend school). she finds that the test is very accurate in identifying girls, but tends to be far less accurate in identifying boys at risk. this is particularly distressing to brenda, as children identified as potential school refusers receive more positive attention and additional services from the school. brenda is concerned about the test's

a. face validity
b. consequential validity
c. test-retest reliability
d. split-half reliability

Consequential validity

Explanation:

Consequential validity is related to the positive and negative consequences of a particular test in society. The consequential validity is related to the positive attributes of a person such as improvement in a student motivation level and learning that indicated that all students have equal class content. The standardized test has been positive as well as negative consequences. This test has some negative consequences such as to relocate the state fund and the teaching students have to pass the test.  

This validity has two procedure:

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