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.

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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 ...

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

These are known as norm-referenced tests, indicating that they are generally uniform; this is useful, for example, to determine a child’s abilities within a certain age bracket. While clients ...

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