Criterion referenced test

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1. Criterion-Referenced Test Vs. Norm-Referenced test Elif Sultan Altintop Hasna Topal Nurul Ulfa Ummu Akhoy

2. Criterion-Referenced Test Is Measuring a student’s performance based on mastery of a specific set of skills. Called mastery tests, compare a person's performance to a set of objectives. Anyone who meets the criterion can get a high score.

3. Examples

4. CRT’s Purposes To know the specific skills which have achieved. To know how far students’ ability.

5. Norm-Referenced Test Is measuring a student’s performance in comparison to the performance of same-age students on the same assessment. Is comparing a person’s score against the scores of similar group who have taken the same exam compare an individual's performance with the performance of others.

6. Examples California Achievement Test (CAT) Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) American College Testing (ACT) etc.

7. NRT’s Purpose To rank the achievement of the students. To discriminate between high and low achievers.

8. CRT Vs. NRT

9. Let’s Summarize D efinition … Examples … Purposes …