Exam 13: Standardized Testing

This term refers to the extent to which a test predicts a performance that will be demonstrated after the test has been taken.

Tammy is taking a test to determine if she can begin first grade. What kind of test is Tammy taking?

To compute this, add up all the values of interest and divide by the number of values added.

Most of the standardized tests that teachers give their students are mandated by the school, school district, or state in which the school is located.

The consistency of test results.

Which of the following is true in a truly normal distribution?

__________ procedures are the key to the definition of a standardized test.

Maximal performance is how well you perform under ordinary, everyday circumstances.

Arbitrarily defined to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.

The Strong Vocational Interest Blank is designed to measure such aptitudes as verbal reasoning, numerical ability, abstract reasoning, clerical speed and accuracy, mechanical reasoning, space relations, spelling, and language usage.

The extent to which a task or test is an appropriate measure, given a person's cultural background.

The distance between the lowest and the highest values in a distribution.

Billy is taking a test that is given to many individuals across the nation, to develop appropriate content and scoring comparisons. Across the nation, the test is administered and scored according to uniform procedures. What kind of test is Billy taking?

A numerical display of the number or proportion of student scores at each score level or interval.