A school interested in measuring students' progress in academic subjects throughout the school years might choose to use
a. growth scale values (GSV).
b. age and grade equivalents.
c. sten scores.
d. percentile ranks.
Q. 2Aptitude, intelligence, and achievement tests are all examples of
a. typical-performance tests.
b. tests in which the Angoff method was applied during test construction.
c. tests with common means and standard deviation scores.
d. maximum-performance tests.
Q. 3Which type of normalized standard score is widely used in education and categorizes test performance in nine broad units?
a. Sten scores
b. Stanines
c. Normal curve equivalent (NCE)
d. Deviation IQs
Q. 4Z scores, T scores, and deviation IQs are examples of
a. stanines.
b. standard scores.
c. raw scores
d. percentile ranks.
Q. 5A T score has a fixed mean of __________ and a fixed standard deviation of ___________.
a. 60; 10
b. 100; 15
c. 50; 10
d. 50; 1
Q. 6A raw score can be transformed into any type of standard score by first
a. converting the raw score to a Z score.
b. calculating the percentile rank.
c. determining the quartile of the score.
d. converting the raw score to a T score.
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