An assessment in which an individual or group's performance is compared with a larger group. Usually the larger group is representative of a cross-section of all US students. (Ed Source)
an assessment designed to show how a student's performance or test results rank when compared to the work of an appropriate peer group. Norm-referenced assessments assume that some students will do very well, some will do very poorly, and most will fall somewhere in the middle. Norm-referenced assessments focus on providing information about which child knows most and which knows least and how to rank the work of everyone in between.
Test scores, derived during the administration of a standardized test in its developmental stage to a large sample of individuals within the same age range, which form the yardstick for comparing a given individual's score to a group average.
Assessing students according to how they compare to each other. Ranking (who came first, second and so on) is the simplest form of NRA, but grading on the curve ( bell curve) is also norm-referenced, for example requiring the distribution of As, Bs, Cs, etc. to follow a predetermined curve. NRA is used for selecting students for a limited number of places or for competitive awards; it has no place in normal classroom teaching, which is concerned with how well students meet preset standards.
A measure that reports student progress or achievement compared with a nationally representative group of students at the same grade level.
Norm-referenced assessment requires the comparison of a student against the performance of other students across a specified domain of interest. As the nature of the normed group changes, so does the performance level of an examinee with respect to the reference group.
A type of assessment that compares an individual child's score against the scores of other children who have previously taken the same assessment. With a norm-referenced assessment, the child's raw score can be converted into a comparative score such as a percentile rank or a stanine.
assessment of learning that is based on the learner's performance in a given area in relation to that of some norm or reference group.
A test that measures a student's quantitative scores (such as how many items the student answered correctly) against a normal distribution of scores by other students of the same age or grade. This kind of testing is often used to rank students, measure their relative standing, and assess their general knowledge across broad areas.
An assessment (often a commercially published test) that is designed to provide information on how well a student performs in comparison to other students. The scores on a norm-referenced assessment have meaning in terms of their relation to the scores of an external reference group (the norm group). PAGE 56
An assessment designed to discover how an individual student's performance or test result compares to that of an appropriate peer group. (Compare to criterion-referenced assessment.)
Assessment of performance based on comparing one student's achievement with that of other students attempting the same or similar tasks. Source: ERIC database (1989) 'A glossary of measurement terms', ERIC Digest. http://ericae.net/edo/ED315430.htm Accessed on 12/02/03.
An assessment where student performance or performances are compared to a larger group. Usually the larger group or "norm group" is a national sample representing a wide and diverse cross-section of students. Students, schools, districts, and even states are compared or rank-ordered in relation to the norm group. The purpose of a norm-referenced assessment is usually to sort students and not to measure achievement towards some criterion of performance.
This is a method of assessment whereby pupils obtain standardised scores that allow their individual performance to be compared with that of their age-related peers. These scores are provided in norm tables, which take age into account. Information gained from norm-referenced assessment is particularly useful for comparing the performance of individuals with the national average; this allows standards to be monitored on a national and year group basis.
An assessment designed to measure and compare individual students' performances or test results to those of an appropriate peer group (that is, norm group) at the classroom, local, or national level. Students with the best performance on a given assessment receive the highest grades. ( learn more)
