Norm-referenced tests compare the achievement performance of single students with the performance of a representative sample, usually a national sample. The purpose of norm-referenced tests are to rank order student achievement across a continuum.
tests that attempt to compare student scores to other students and thus typically separate results into a distribution of scores.
A standardized test designed, validated, and implemented to rank a students' performance by comparing that performance to the performance of that student's peers.
Standardized tests for measuring how a pupil’s performance compares with the scores of the other pupils whose scores are used as an official reference standard, (i.e., a norming group). (Compare criterion-referenced tests.)
Norm-referenced achievement tests measure basic concepts and skills commonly taught in schools throughout the country. These tests are not designed as precise measures of any given curriculum or single instructional program. Results from norm-referenced tests provide information that compares a student's achievement with that of a representative national sample. Return to the Top
Tests used to describe an individual's performance in relation to the performance of others on the same test.
A test that enables a score to be compared to levels of achievement of a specified group of people (norming population).
compare student performance to that of other students nationwide. They show where students stand in relation to their peers, not to a defined standard of achievement.