Replacing the STAAR test is a high-stakes decision, and not one to make lightly or in reaction to the avalanche of complaints that accompany any testing regimen.

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. The problem with norm ...

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) recently approved the use of Curriculum Associates' i-Ready ® Diagnostic as a norm-referenced ...

The recommendation to set absolute standards for HKKCEE and A-level exams is correct and necessary. The norm-referenced evaluation approach, which aims to maintain a prescribed percentage for each ...

Purpose To identify criterion-referenced standards for cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF); to estimate the percentage of children and youth that met each standard; and to discuss strategies to help ...