Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g6CLphX10725; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:51:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:51:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <004901c229ee$24e3f670$954b2786@5239dm> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Donna Miller-Parker" <dmiller@ctc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:150] RE: norm vs criterion X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2051 Lines: 54 You will undoubtedly hear from others more expert than I -- but here goes: A "norm referenced" test compares an examinee's scores to a group that took the test and provided "normal" scores. The TABE test, which provides grade levels, is a norm-referenced test. It tells you how an examinee performs compared to that group. With norm-referenced tests, it's very important to know who was in the norming group. Was the test normed with adults or with school chilren? To whom is the examinee being compared? A "criterion-referenced" test compares the examinee to a set of criteria rather than a group of testers. The CASAS test is criterion-referenced. It determines how many and which test items were answered correctly, and then results are reported in terms of which skills a student has or does not have. Of course, you can interpret and analyze the results of both -- you can look at the TABE test and learn which skills a student does/does not have, and you can look at a CASAS score and compare it to other examinees at the same level. That's the simple answer -- now others can refine it! Donna Miller-Parker, Director Essential Skills Programs Shoreline Community College 16101 Greenwood Avenue North Seattle, WA 98133 (206) 546-4788 -----Original Message----- From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Dianna Baycich Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:02 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:149] norm vs criterion Hello All, After eavesdropping on various conversations (yes, I'm like that) I have some questions about assessment issues that I'd like to have clarified for my own benefit and so I can explain them correctly to others. Here's my first: What is the difference between norm referenced and criterion referenced assessments? Is one "better" than the other? What are some examples? Thank you, Dianna Baycich OLRC 330-672-7841 1-800-765-2897 x27841 dbaycich@literacy.kent.edu When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not - Mark Twain
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