A big part of my confusion comes from the use of norm-referenced tests. For my middle school student, the NRTs used were the Terra Nova test in mathematics and the Stanford 10 reading test.

Norm-referenced means that the test is administered to a sampling of students who supposedly are representative of all the students in the country. In the case of the TerraNova, the sampling of ...

The California State Legislature has just approved an ill-conceived idea to allow local school districts to replace the 11th grade Smarter Balanced Assessments aligned with the Common Core standards ...

Dear Deb,You make some good points about the distinction between norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests, but I disagree with your characterization of the latter. Why We Need National ...

Methods A search of four databases was undertaken to identify papers that reported criterion-referenced CRF standards for children and youth generated using the receiver operating characteristic curve ...

Schools in the Carson City metro area use the College and Career Readiness Assessment and Criterion Referenced Test to test students. For personalized and effective admissions consulting,consider ...

A new bill calls for the state education board to explore possible alternatives to the LEAP test as the state's contract is set to end in 2027.