Exam 12: Understanding and Interpreting Standardized Test Results

Magnolia,who is in sixth grade,gets an NCE score of 87 on a standardized mathematics achievement test for sixth graders. You should conclude that Magnolia:

Which one of the following reflects the use of a grade-equivalent score?

A student's test performance is sometimes indicated by a confidence interval rather than by a single score. The rationale behind this practice is that:

When we represent students' test performance in terms of standard scores,we must first know the standard deviation of those scores. This statistic tells us:

Greg took the district-wide achievement test and got a stanine score of 9. Which one of the following is closest to Greg's percentile rank?

David takes an intelligence test,and gets an IQ score of 85. What is David's approximate percentile rank on this test?

Which one of the following statements most accurately characterizes IQ scores?

You receive the standardized test scores for Muhammed and learn that he has gotten a percentile rank of 75 on the geography subtest. You should conclude that Muhammed:

When an assessment instrument has a norm group,you know that it:

Why are standard scores often preferred to percentile ranks?

As a second-grade teacher,you receive the standardized achievement test scores for Molly and discover that she has gotten a grade-equivalent score of 4 on the reading subtest. You should conclude that Molly:

Which one of the following test scores is farthest from the mean?

What is the major drawback of using percentile ranks to describe students' performance on a standardized test?

Which one of the following best characterizes how confidence intervals are used in reporting students' scores on standardized tests?

Which one of the following statements best describes how a standard score is derived?

Approximately how many students will typically get scores within one standard deviation of the mean (either above or below the mean)on a standardized achievement test?

Three of the following are true statements about age- and/or grade-equivalent scores. Which statement is false?

As a third-grade teacher,you receive the standardized test scores for Marie and learn that she has gotten a stanine of 1 on the spelling subtest and a stanine of 3 on the math subtest. You should conclude that Marie:

Which one of the following best describes how an age-equivalent score for a standardized achievement test is determined?

Todd takes an achievement test that yields standard scores. The mean of the test scores is 200,and the standard deviation is 50. If Todd does better than 84% of the people his age who take the test,his standard score is: