Hi Shweta,

I would recommend

Borsboom, D. (2005). Measuring the mind: Conceptual issues in contemporary psychometrics. Cambridge: University Press.

Borsboom, D., Mellenbergh, G. J., & van Heerden, J. (2003). The theoretical status of latent variables. Psychological Review, 110(2), 203-219.

Borsboom, D., Mellenbergh, G. J., & van Heerden, J. (2004). The concept of validity. Psychological Review, 111(4), 1061-1071.

Markus, K. A., & Borsboom, D. (2013). Frontiers of test validity theory: Measurement, causation, and meaning. New York: Routledge.

Hayduk, L. A., Cummings, G. G., Boadu, K., Pazderka-Robinson, H., & Boulianne, S. (2007). Testing! Testing! One, two, three - testing the theory in structural equation models! Personality and Individual Differences, 42(5), 841-850.

HTH

--Holger

The pay-wall was just removed on this:

https://www.aera.net/Newsroom/AERA-APA-and-NCME-Announce-the-Open-Access-Release-of-the-Standards-for-Educational-and-Psychological-Testing

This was a big but long overdo step for the three societies.

The two classics are by Cronbach (Essentials of Psychological Testing) and by Anastasi & Urbina (Psychological Testing). No current editions and they cover both construction & application, but they are good place to start. You might also find the following to be of interest: https://people.umass.edu/sireci/tc.pdf