Which of the following is the appropriate interpretation of a percentile rank score of 20?

Which of the following is the appropriate interpretation of a percentile rank score of 20?
 
  A. It is in the bottom quartile.
  B. It ranks in the top quartile.
  C. The student correctly answered 20 of the questions.
  D. The student correctly answered 80 of the questions.

Ques. 2

Which of the following is an advantage of grade scores?
 
  A. They express performance in equal units across various levels.
  B. They lead to accurate generalizations.
  C. They provide an accurate indication of skill development.
  D. They seem practical, appealing, and easy to interpret.

Ques. 3

Which score has a range of 1-99?
 
  A. Percentile rank
  B. Normal curve equivalent
  C. Standard score
  D. Stanine

Ques. 4

Which of the following is a criterion-referenced score?
 
  A. standard score
  B. stanine
  C. percent correct
  D. percentile

Ques. 5

Which of the following best describes a characteristic of a raw score?
 
  A. a norm-referenced score
  B. the middle point in scoring
  C. usually converted in some way
  D. usually meaningful by itself

Ques. 6

In order for a test to be _ it must first be __.
 
  A. norm-referenced, reliable
  B. norm-referenced, valid
  C. reliable, valid
  D. valid, reliable

Ques. 7

How difficult is it to measure the intelligence of very young children compared with older children?
 
  A. less difficult
  B. about the same level of difficulty
  C. more difficult

Ques. 8

Which word is closest in meaning to the term reliability?
 
  A. consistency
  B. effectiveness
  C. usefulness

Ques. 9

What is the average range of intelligence test (IQ) scores?
 
  A. 80 - 120
  B. 85 - 115
  C. 90 - 110
  D. 95  105

Ques. 10

If a test produces scores with a mean of 48 and a standard deviation of 6, what
  is the range of the majority of scores?
 
  A. 42, 48
  B. 42, 54
  C. 45, 51
  D. 48, 54