Autism Knowledge Assessments: A Closer Examination of Validity by Autism Experts.

Purpose: The goal of the current study was to conduct a substantive validity review of four autism knowledge assessments with prior psychometric support (Gillespie-Lynch in J Autism and Dev Disord 45(8):2553–2566, 2015; Harrison in J Autism and Dev Disord 47(10):3281–3295, 2017; McClain in J Autism and Dev Disord 50(3):998–1006, 2020; McMahon in Res Autism Spectr Disord 71:101499, 2020). 69 autism experts who served on the editorial board of one or more peer-reviewed autism journals evaluated the accuracy and ambiguity of autism knowledge questions. 34