When highly reliable, brief achievement tests are needed in instructional settings, the test developer may consider two prominent methods of constructing criterion-referenced (CR) tests: (1) random ...

It is a necessary condition that items and tests have variance and discrimination in the range of interest (population of observations) for which they are calibrated and selected. The basis for ...

You make some good points about the distinction between norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests, but I disagree with your characterization of the latter. The problem with norm-referenced ...

Purpose To identify criterion-referenced standards for cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF); to estimate the percentage of children and youth that met each standard; and to discuss strategies to help ...

COLUMBUS, GA- The first round of system-level Criterion Reference Competency Tests (CRCT) scores is in. Following a review of scores district-wide in grades 1- 8, reading is the subject in which ...