Standardized tests evaluate a child's performance by percentile or grade level in comparison to other children in the same age group who have taken the same test.
Assessment methods, either criterion- or norm-referenced, designed to be administered, scored, and interpreted in the same way regardless of when and where it is administered.
Test composed of selected materials, with specific directions for use, adequately determined norms, and data on reliability and validity. (at school, test paper, by means of it, one is challenge, with it, examination/test)
tests that are shown to be valid, reliable, normed on a "control" sample of the population, and provide a variety of scores to use for comparing performance of individual children to the norm (i.e., same-age peers) Syntax - rules used when stringing words together to form phrases, sentences (i.e., part of grammar).
A standardized test is a test that is administered under the same testing conditions to different groups of examinees. Certain things are the same: the content, the number of questions, the amount of time to take the test, and the way the test is scored.
Standardized tests or assessments are tests that are developed by experts, have been thoroughly evaluated, are given to large numbers of individuals, and are given under the same conditions and time constraints. No Child Left Behind requires states to administer standardized academic achievement tests that assess student progress in achieving the state academic content standards. Beginning in the 2002-03 school year, tests in reading and math must be administered to all students in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 11t grades. Beginning in the 2007-08 school year, students will be tested in science. South Dakota will also test the writing skills of 5th and 9th grade students.
Standardized means that the test is always given and scored the same way. The same questions are asked and the same directions are given for each test. Specific time limits are set and each student's performance may be compared with all the other students taking the same test.
In a vocational assessment, standardized tests are used to predict how a student is likely to perform in jobs calling for certain interests and skills.
tests administered by an outside body that are used in the admissions process in conjunction with academic transcripts; these include the SAT and ACT
Tests which have norms reflecting a larger population (usually these are age or grade based norms reflecting the performance of children throughout the country on the same tests).
Tests that are administered and scored according to set procedures and under the same conditions so that learners' scores have the same meaning and are not influenced by differing conditions.
Assessment tools that measure one individual's performance against the performance of many other individuals who have taken the test under the same precise conditions. Standardized tests involve highly specific directions and provide age/grade-level or intelligence (IQ) scores.
Assessments that offer the same conditions to all students to measure ability against a peer group.
Standardized tests are tests that are supposed to evaluate how well a child has learned a subject compared to other children in his grade and age group. Some states require such testing of homeschoolers.
A test that is administered under controlled conditions that specify where, when, how, and for how long children may respond to the questions or "prompts."
Assessments that are administered and scored in exactly the same way for all students. Traditional standardized tests are typically mass-produced and machine-scored; they are designed to measure skills and knowledge that are thought to be taught to all students in a fairly standardized way. Performance assessments also can be standardized if they are administered and scored in the same way for all students.
Published tests which are usually given to a wide group of students; they are frequently used to compare student achievement between schools and states