norms

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refers to behavior that is usual, average, normal, standard,
expected, or typical.

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Norm

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practice of norming on
the basis of race or ethnic background.

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Race Norming

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evaluating an individual testtaker’s score and comparing it to
scores of a group of testtakers.

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Norm-Referenced Testing

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the group of people whose performance on a
particular test is analyzed for reference in evaluating the
performance of individual testtakers.

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Normative Sample

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refer to the process of deriving norms. It may be modified
to describe a particular type of norm derivation.

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Norming

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consists of descriptive
statistics based on a group of testtakers in a given
period of time rather than norms obtained by formal
sampling methods.

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User Norm/ Program Norms

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: the process of
administering a test to a representative sample of testtakers
for the purpose of establishing norms.

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Test standardization

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the process of selecting the portion of the universe
deemed to be representative of the whole population.

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Sampling

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such sampling were random or, if
every member of the population has the same chance of
being included in the sample.

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Stratified-Random Sampling

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is an expression of the percentage of people
whose score on a test or measure falls below a
particular raw score.

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Percentile

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also known as age-equivalent scores indicate
the average performance of different samples of
testtakers who were at various ages at the time the
test was administered.

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Age norms

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designed to indicate the average test
performance of testtakers in a given school grade.

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Grade norms

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: are derived from a normative sample that
was nationally representative of the population at the
time the norming study was conducted.

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National norms

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provides some stability to test
scores by anchoring them to other test scores.

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National Anchored norms

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results from such segmentation.

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Subgroup norms

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provide normative information with respect
to the local population’s performance on some test.

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Local norms

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a standard on which a judgement or decision may be
based.

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Criterion

Question 16

method of
evaluation and a way of deriving meaning from test scores
by evaluating an individual’s score with reference to a set
standard.

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Criterion-Referenced Testing and Assessment