Sadler noted that Texas abandoned national norm-referenced tests years ago, after parents and experts complained they did not adequately test students on what they were expected to learn.
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Criterion-referenced tests differ from norm-referenced tests in that ( in theory ) the former is not used to compare an individual's score to the scores of the group.
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Criterion-referenced tests differ from norm-referenced tests in that ( in theory ) the former is not used to compare an individual's score to the scores of the group.
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To see why, consider the familiar college entrance exam, the SAT . It is a norm-referenced test, although the College Board converts percentiles to plain numbers before releasing results.
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The new GOP bill would let each state decide whether to use NAEP tests or " another reliable sample of student achievement, " such as commercially available norm-referenced tests.
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Instead of approaching such tests as fundamentally different from norm-referenced tests, Anastasi maintained that the two could be combined to give a more comprehensive evaluation of the individual's test performance.
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But if the 40th percentile on a norm-referenced test corresponds to minimum proficiency on a criteria-referenced test, then the criteria-referenced report will say the first student failed and the second passed.
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But if the 40th percentile on a norm-referenced test corresponds to minimum proficiency on a criteria-referenced test, then the criteria-referenced report will say the first student failed and the second passed.
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Many, if not most, criterion-referenced tests involve a cutscore, where the examinee passes if their score exceeds the cutscore and fails if it does not ( often called a mastery test ).
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Last week, Ballard, Offutt and Bradley went public with a proposal to replace the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills testing program with a national, norm-referenced test like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
