Developing an assessment of first-year law students' critical case reading and reasoning ability, phase 2

Phase 2 analyzes the validity of the test devised in Phase 1, and looks at whether the findings could be replicated using a longitudinal design involving not only first-year, but also third-year law students.

A crucial impediment has been defining the underlying constructs with theoretical
clarity and consistency, such that both ... Developing and field-testing a multiple-
choice instrument assessing case reading and reasoning skills can help refine ...