In correcting a short-answer test to measure students' knowledge of specific principles, a teacher deducted one point from the total score for each misspelled word.How would this procedure affect test results?
A)Lowers reliability.
B)Lowers validity.
C)Raises the validity.
D)Raises both the reliability and the validity

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Deducting points for spelling errors affects the test's validity because it measures spelling ability rather than the students' knowledge of the specific principles the test is intended to assess.

In Correcting a Short-Answer Test to Measure Students' Knowledge of Specific