Criterion-referenced test
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A criterion-referenced test is one that provides for
translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a
person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter.
Most tests and quizzes that are written by school teachers can be considered
criterion-referenced tests. The objective is simply to see whether the student
has learned the material. Criterion-referenced assessment can be contrasted
with norm-referenced assessment and ipsative assessment.
Criterion-referenced testing was a major focus of
psychometric research in the 1970s.
Norm-referenced test
(Redirected from Norm-referenced
assessment)
A norm-referenced test (NRT) is a type of test,
assessment, or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the
tested individual in a predefined population, with respect to the trait being
measured. The estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and possibly
other relevant data from a sample drawn from the population.[1] That is, this
type of test identifies whether the test taker performed better or worse than
other test takers, not whether the test taker knows either more or less
material than is necessary for a given purpose.
The term normative assessment refers to the process of
comparing one test-taker to his or her peers.
Norm-referenced assessment can be contrasted with
criterion-referenced assessment and ipsative assessment. In a
criterion-referenced assessment, the score shows whether or not test takers
performed well or poorly on a given task, not how that compares to other test
takers; in an ipsative system, test takers are compared to previous
performance.
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