diff --git a/great_expectations/metrics/metric_results.py b/great_expectations/metrics/metric_results.py
index 4748d151f353..40eaba75eaa7 100644
--- a/great_expectations/metrics/metric_results.py
+++ b/great_expectations/metrics/metric_results.py
@@ -1,78 +1,37 @@
-from typing import Any, Literal, Union
+from typing import Any, Generic, TypeVar, Union
 
-from great_expectations.compatibility.pydantic import BaseModel, validator
+from great_expectations.compatibility.pydantic import BaseModel, GenericModel
 from great_expectations.validator.metric_configuration import MetricConfigurationID
 
+_MetricResultValue = TypeVar("_MetricResultValue")
 
-class _MetricResult(BaseModel):
-    id: MetricConfigurationID
-    value: Any
-    success: bool
-
-
-class _SuccessfulMetricResult(_MetricResult):
-    success: Literal[True] = True
 
+class MetricResult(GenericModel, Generic[_MetricResultValue]):
+    id: MetricConfigurationID
+    value: _MetricResultValue
 
-class InvalidMetricError(TypeError):
-    def __init__(self, expected_metric: str, actual_metric: str):
-        super().__init__(
-            f"Invalid metric: expected {expected_metric} but received {actual_metric}."
-        )
 
+class MetricErrorResult(MetricResult[dict[str, Union[int, dict, str]]]): ...
 
-class TableColumns(_SuccessfulMetricResult):
-    @validator("id")
-    def validate_id(cls, v):
-        if v[0] != "table.columns":
-            raise InvalidMetricError(expected_metric="table.columns", actual_metric=v[0])
 
-    value: list[str]
+class TableColumnsResult(MetricResult[list[str]]): ...
 
 
 class _ColumnType(BaseModel):
+    class Config:
+        extra = "allow"  # some backends return extra values
+
     name: str
     type: str
 
 
-class TableColumnTypes(_SuccessfulMetricResult):
-    @validator("id")
-    def validate_id(cls, v):
-        if v[0] != "table.column_types":
-            raise InvalidMetricError(expected_metric="table.column_types", actual_metric=v[0])
-
-    value: list[_ColumnType]
-
-
-class UnexpectedCount(_SuccessfulMetricResult):
-    @validator("id")
-    def validate_id(cls, v):
-        metric_name = v[0]
-        if metric_name.split(".")[-1] != "unexpected_count":
-            raise InvalidMetricError(expected_metric="unexpected_count", actual_metric=metric_name)
-
-    value: int
-
-
-class UnexpectedValues(_SuccessfulMetricResult):
-    @validator("id")
-    def validate_id(cls, v):
-        metric_name = v[0]
-        if metric_name.split(".")[-1] != "unexpected_values":
-            raise InvalidMetricError(expected_metric="unexpected_values", actual_metric=metric_name)
+class TableColumnTypesResult(MetricResult[list[_ColumnType]]): ...
 
-    value: list[Any]  # unknowable type, since this is a sample of user data
 
+class UnexpectedCountResult(MetricResult[int]): ...
 
-class TableRowCount(_SuccessfulMetricResult):
-    @validator("id")
-    def validate_id(cls, v):
-        if v[0] != "table.row_count":
-            raise InvalidMetricError(expected_metric="table.row_count", actual_metric=v[0])
 
-    value: int
+class UnexpectedValuesResult(MetricResult[list[Any]]): ...
 
 
-class ErrorMetricResult(_MetricResult):
-    value: dict[str, Union[int, dict, str]]
-    success: Literal[False] = False
+class TableRowCountResult(MetricResult[int]): ...
diff --git a/tests/metrics/test_metric_results.py b/tests/metrics/test_metric_results.py
index f5069d27ed27..bd90fbfee9ac 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/test_metric_results.py
+++ b/tests/metrics/test_metric_results.py
@@ -1,50 +1,106 @@
 from great_expectations.metrics.metric_results import (
-    TableColumns,
-    TableColumnTypes,
-    UnexpectedCount,
+    MetricErrorResult,
+    TableColumnsResult,
+    TableColumnTypesResult,
+    UnexpectedCountResult,
+    UnexpectedValuesResult,
     _ColumnType,
 )
+from great_expectations.validator.metric_configuration import MetricConfigurationID
 
 
 class TestMetricResultInstantiation:
-    def test_unexpected_count(self):
-        metric_id = ("column_values.null.unexpected_count", "73d1f59d321e58e8e8a0cfc2d22cca1f", ())
+    def test_unexpected_count_result(self):
+        metric_id = MetricConfigurationID(
+            metric_name="column_values.null.unexpected_count",
+            metric_domain_kwargs_id="73d1f59d321e58e8e8a0cfc2d22cca1f",
+            metric_value_kwargs_id=(),
+        )
         metric_value = 0
 
-        metric_result = UnexpectedCount(
+        metric_result = UnexpectedCountResult(
             id=metric_id,
             value=metric_value,
         )
-        assert not metric_result.error
+        assert metric_result.dict() == {"id": metric_id, "value": metric_value}
+
+    def test_unexpected_values_result(self):
+        metric_id = MetricConfigurationID(
+            metric_name="column_values.null.unexpected_values",
+            metric_domain_kwargs_id="a8ef4ee749d02d0e5f92719fc6ee8010",
+            metric_value_kwargs_id="include_nested=True",
+        )
+        metric_value = [
+            # these are values coming from the user, so can be anything
+            "foo",
+            3.14,
+            False,
+        ]
+
+        metric_result = UnexpectedValuesResult(
+            id=metric_id,
+            value=metric_value,
+        )
+        assert metric_result.dict() == {"id": metric_id, "value": metric_value}
 
     def test_table_columns_metric_result(self):
-        metric_id = ("table.columns", "a8ef4ee749d02d0e5f92719fc6ee8010", ())
+        metric_id = MetricConfigurationID(
+            metric_name="table.columns",
+            metric_domain_kwargs_id="a8ef4ee749d02d0e5f92719fc6ee8010",
+            metric_value_kwargs_id=(),
+        )
         metric_value = [
             "existing_column",
             "another_existing_column",
         ]
-        metric_result = TableColumns(
+        metric_result = TableColumnsResult(
             id=metric_id,
             value=metric_value,
         )
-        assert not metric_result.error
-        assert all(isinstance(val, str) for val in metric_result.value)
+        assert metric_result.dict() == {"id": metric_id, "value": metric_value}
 
     def test_table_column_types_result(self):
-        metric_id = (
-            "table.column_types",
-            "a8ef4ee749d02d0e5f92719fc6ee8010",
-            "include_nested=True",
+        metric_id = MetricConfigurationID(
+            metric_name="table.column_types",
+            metric_domain_kwargs_id="a8ef4ee749d02d0e5f92719fc6ee8010",
+            metric_value_kwargs_id="include_nested=True",
         )
         metric_value = [
             {"name": "existing_column", "type": "int64"},
             {"name": "another_existing_column", "type": "object"},
         ]
 
-        metric_result = TableColumnTypes(
+        metric_result = TableColumnTypesResult(
             id=metric_id,
             value=metric_value,
         )
 
-        assert not metric_result.error
         assert all(isinstance(val, _ColumnType) for val in metric_result.value)
+        assert metric_result.dict() == {"id": metric_id, "value": metric_value}
+
+    def test_metric_error_result(self):
+        metric_id = MetricConfigurationID(
+            metric_name="column.mean",
+            metric_domain_kwargs_id="8a975130e802d66f85ab0cac8d10fbec",
+            metric_value_kwargs_id=(),
+        )
+        metric_value = {
+            "exception_info": {
+                "exception_traceback": "Traceback (most recent call last)...",
+                "exception_message": "Error: The column does not exist.",
+                "raised_exception": True,
+            },
+            "metric_configuration": {
+                "metric_name": "column.mean",
+                "metric_domain_kwargs": {"table": None, "column": "doesnt exist"},
+                "metric_d..._kwargs": {},
+                "metric_value_kwargs_id": [],
+                "id": ["column.mean", "8a975130e802d66f85ab0cac8d10fbec", []],
+            },
+            "num_failures": 3,
+        }
+        metric_result = MetricErrorResult(
+            id=metric_id,
+            value=metric_value,
+        )
+        assert metric_result.dict() == {"id": metric_id, "value": metric_value}