The average test score obtained by students classified at a given grade placement. For example, a grade equivalent score of 7.4 indicates that the student performed as well on the test as an average student who has been in the seventh grade for four months. Interest Inventory: An individual survey of a person's preferences with regard to different factors related to work, such as environment, interpersonal activity, physical demand, education required, etc.
The school grade level for a given population for which a given score is the median in that population. Can also be applied to age equivalent. Ibid.
a type of derived score based on the grade at which an average person from a test-standardized population earns a given score. Note: Most test authorities and professional organizations such as the International Reading Association strongly condemn the use of the grade equivalent as well as the age equivalent in educational practice, chiefly on two grounds: because the individual is compared to members of another group from whom he or she may be very different, and because such comparisons have led to unfortunate educational policy decisions. See also grade norm. Cp. age equivalent.
a score expressed in school years and months that represents the average performance of students at that given level
A grade equivalent (GE) is a score reported on norm-referenced tests that allows educators and parents to compare students based on the performance of other students relative to the school year. Based on a 9-month school year (typically September through May), the score represents a period during the school year, displayed as a number to show a grade and a month. The score is an estimate of the performance that an average student at a grade level is assumed to demonstrate on the test at a particular time in the school year. For example, a score of 5.8 represents a performance level typical of fifth-grade students in the eighth month (April) of the school year.
The score a student makes on an achievement test, translated into a standard score which can then be compared to the typical score for students at that grade level (e.g., a "grade equivalent" score of 4.5 represents the score made by the average student who has been in the fourth grade for 5 months).
A description of student performance on the Canadian Tests of Basic Skills in terms of the approximate grade level at which the performance would be average.
A score that shows in which grade a student might be enrolled to make the same scaled score K - 12 and PHS (Post High School)
A score on a scale developed to indicate the school grade (usually measured in months) that corresponds to an average chronological age, mental age, test score, or other characteristic of students. A grade equivalent of 6.4 is interpreted as a score that is average for a group in the fourth month of Grade 6. Grade equivalents do not compose a scale of equal intervals and cannot be added, subtracted, or averaged across test levels the way scale scores can. Here is an excerpt from the "Scale Score to Grade Equivalent Table for TABE 7 & 8." Scale Score Grade Equivalent Reading Applied Mathematics Language 800 12.9+ 12.9+ 12.9+ 700 12.0+ 12.9+ 12.9+ 600 11.2 11.6 12.1 500 5.3 5.8 4.4 400 2.3 2.7 2.1 300 1.2 1.4 1.1 200 0.0 0.0 0.0
A grade equivalent score reported for a student on an achievement test is a standard score which can then be compared to the typical score for students at the grade level. This score is widely misinterpreted and criterion is advised in using it.