Types of Standardized Tests
How are they used?
Aptitude Tests
Achievement Tests
How are they interpreted?
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What are the 3 standardized tests commonly given in a school setting?
Aptitude test, norm-reference achievement test, and criterion-reference achievement test
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What are the four ways standardized tests are used?
Selection and placement, diagnosis, evaluation and accountability, and school improvement
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What is the most common type of aptitude test? 
General intelligence test
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What is the difference between norm-reference achievement tests and criterion-reference achievement tests? 

they differ in the way they are scored and interpreted, and criterion-reference achievement tests don't have a norm group


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What are the 3 things a raw score can be derived or translated into?
Percentile scores, grade-equivalent scores, and normal curve equivalents
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What is the role of an aptitude test?
to assess students' abilities
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How are standardized tests used in selection and placement?
determine college, reading group placement, evaluate teachers and scores could be used for certification


*(college, grade school, and careers) 

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Who first introduced the measurement of IQ?
Alfred Binet
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What do achievement batteries measure? 

measure individual or group achievement in a variety of subject areas

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What do percentiles indicate? 

indicate what percentage of students in the norming group scored lower than a particular score

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What is the role of an achievement test? 

to predict students’ future performance in a course of study, diagnose students’ difficulties, serve as a formative test of students’ progress, and serve as summative tests of learning


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How are standardized tests used in diagnosis? 
can be used to determine student ability and if a student has a learning disability. 



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According to Slavin in Chapter 14, what is the definition of intelligence? 

the ability to learn, problem solve, and deal with abstractions 

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What is the role of a diagnostic test? 

to focus on a specific content area and emphasize the skills that are thought to be important for the mastery of that subject


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What is standard deviation

a measure of how spread out scores are

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What does NAEP stand for?
National Assessment of Educational Progress
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How are standardized tests used in evaluation and accountability?

evaluate students' progress and teacher/school effectiveness in teaching


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How is a bell curve formed? 

When small numbers of scores extending well above and below the mean of scores

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What is one problem with the single-subject achievement tests?

they may not adequately represent content that had been taught in a classroom setting


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Why should grade equivalent scores be interpreted as a rough approximation? 

students don’t gain steadily in achievement from month to month and scores that are far expected from grade level do not mean what they appear to mean

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How often is the NAEP given? 
Every two years in math and reading, less frequently in science and writing
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How are standardized tests used in school improvement? 

provide information that is important for remediation and guide curriculum development/revision when certain areas in the curriculum are weak 


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IQ is a ratio of MA and CA multiplied by 100, what do MA and CA stand for?
Mental age and Chronological age
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Achievement batteries are similar in____ and _____
construction and content
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How do normal curve equivalents differ from percentiles? 

 intervals between NCE are equal and with percentiles, they’re not


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