Standardized Test
Originally a standardized test was simply a standard
test Ð of academic achievement or of knowledge in a specific
academic or vocational domain. It has since acquired the
meaning of a written test whose scores are interpreted by
reference to the scores of a norm group which has taken
the test and which is usually considered to be representative
of the population which takes the test. For example, standardized
tests of academic achievement provide conversion tables
showing the percentile ranks in the norm group of all possible
raw scores. Some standardized tests are now analyzed with
item response theory. or skills. This is called summative
testing. Formative testing is a test designed to aid learning
by diagnosing students' knowledge and skills thereby permitting
a suitable learning programme to be created.
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