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Download full textBond, Linda A. – 1996
Tests can be categorized into two major groups: norm-referenced tests (NRTs) and criterion-referenced tests (CRTs). NRTs are designed to highlight achievement differences between and among students to produce a dependable rank order of students across a continuum of achievement from high achievers to low achievers. With NRTs, a representative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms
