Tendances récentes dans les théories de la validité de la mesure. Depuis 1954, la manière la plus fréquente d'étudier l'adéquation de la mesure a été aux Etats-Unis en psychologie, en sciences de l'éducation et en sociologie, la théorie de la validité. Au départ, on a identifié trois types différentes de validité qui prennent en compte le critère, le contenu et la validation de la construction. Plus récemment, on a constaté des changements importants dans la théorie de la validité où l'on assiste à l'intégration des trois types précédents à l'intérieur de la validation de la construction; puis sont apparues quelques désillusions sur ces concepts de validation de la construction; enfin on s'aperçoit de l'influence croissante de la manière de voir de Donald Campbell en ce qui concerne la mesure. La modélisation de la causalité est maintenant acceptée comme une autre manière d'envisager le test de validité. Le présent texte passe en revue ces modifications et les évalue d'un point de vue méta-théorique.
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