Norm-Referenced Tests

By L.G. Cohen|L.J. Spenciner

A norm-referenced test is a standardized test that compares a student's test performance with that of a sample of similar students who have taken the same test. After constructing a test, the test developers administer it to a standardization sample of students using the same administration and scoring procedures for all students. This makes the administration and scoring "standardized." The test scores of the standardization sample are called norms, which include a variety of types of scores. Norms are the scores obtained by the standardization sample and are the scores to which students are compared when they are administered a test.

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Excerpt from Assessment of Children & Youth with Special Needs, by L.G. Cohen, L.J. Spenciner, 2007 edition, p. 51-52.

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