Criterion-referenced test
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A test is said to be criterion-referenced when provision is made for translating the test score into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score. By contrast, a test is norm-referenced when the translated score tells where the person stands in some population of persons who have taken the test. The same test can be used in both ways. [#endnote_Cronbach] Robert Glaser originally coined both terms. [#endnote_Glaser]
Criterion referenced tests are preferred by Outcome-based education. The promise is that all students can excel. However it is telling that all the major state tests set a standard that failed 50 to 80 percent of students at the outset, a higher failure rate than is possible with standard definition of 50 percent falling below average.
Notes and references
- ↑ Cronbach, L. J. (1970). Essentials of psychological testing (3rd ed.). New York: Harper & Row.
- ↑ Glaser, R. (1963). Instructional technology and the measurement of learning outcomes. American Psychologist, 18, 510-522.
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