Deck 4: Test Scores and What They Mean

Question 1

Which of the following is a criterion-referenced score?

A)standard score
B)stanine
C)percent correct
D)percentile

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following scores exhibits so many inadequacies that most experts recommend against their continued use?

A)grade scores
B)percentiles
C)standard scores
D)stanines

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Criterion-referenced scoring interprets student performance by comparing an individual score to

A)a functional level of performance.
B)the average score of corresponding students in a norm sample group.
C)the scores of the other students in the class.

Question 5

What range does a score of 75 on a standardized test with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 fall into?

A)above average
B)average
C)below average
D)significantly below average

Question 6

Which of the following describes the range of percentile scores?

A)0 to 99
B)0 to 100
C)1 to 99
D)1 to 100

Question 7

Which score has an average range between 28.74 and 71.6?

A)normal curve equivalent
B)percentile
C)stanine
D)z-score

Question 8

Which of the following is a norm-referenced score?

A)graphical report
B)letter grade
C)percent correct score
D)standard score

Question 9

Which of the following is the appropriate interpretation of a percent correct score of 90%?

A)The student correctly answered 90% of the questions.
B)The student correctly answered 10% of the questions.
C)The score ranks in the top 10% in comparison with scores in the norm group.
D)The score ranks in the top 90% in comparison with scores in the norm group.

Question 10

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.

Question 11

The units on a grade equivalent scale are

A)approximately equal.
B)equal at most grade levels.
C)unequal.
D)unequal only at the extremes.

Question 12

Which of the following refers to using profiles or visual representations for expressing performance?

A)graphical reports
B)letter grades
C)percent correct scores
D)standard scores

Question 13

Which of the following scores declines or shrinks with increasing chronological age independently of behavior change?

A)Grade score
B)Percentile
C)Normal curve equivalent
D)Standard score

Question 14

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.

Question 15

Which score has a range of 1-99?

A)Percentile rank
B)Normal curve equivalent
C)Standard score
D)Stanine

Question 16

A grade score is actually a

A)score of absolute differences rather than relative standing.
B)type of percentile rank.
C)specific type of standard score.
D)specific type of age score.

Question 17

Which score corrects for small measurement errors in a test?

A)deviation IQ
B)normal curve equivalent
C)stanine
D)z-score

Question 18

Which of the following is usually the first score produced when scoring a test?

A)grade level score
B)percent correct score
C)raw score
D)transformed score

Question 19

What range does a standard score of 90 on a test with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 fall into?

A)above average
B)average
C)below average
D)significantly below average

Question 20

Which of the following is the mean of percentile scores?

A)45
B)49
C)50
D)55

Question 21

Although grade scores have some distinct advantages,they also display many disadvantages.List and briefly describe the disadvantages of grade scores.For three of the disadvantages listed,develop practical examples to illustrate how disadvantage may negatively effect a student with special needs.Finally,name a suitable replacement score for grade scores.

Question 22

Which score has a standard deviation of 21.06?

A)Percentile
B)Normal curve equivalent
C)Standard score
D)Stanine

Question 23

Calculate the mean and the standard deviation of the scores in question 1 and explain how you could use these two statistics in interpreting the meaning of the scores.

Question 24

Organize the following scores in rank order,group them,and graph them using a line graph.Are the scores normally distributed?
90,80,95,85,89,79,96,88,78,97,90,80,95,85,87,77,98,86,76,99,89,79,96,88,
78,97,90,80,95,85,87,77,91,81,96,86,90,80,97,89,79,98,91,81,95,95,88,78,
92,93

Question 25

With students in small groups,assign each group one of the disadvantages of grade scores.Have each group review the disadvantage they were assigned and develop a practical example to illustrate the disadvantage.When discussion is completed,call on
one member of each group to explain the disadvantage and share the practical example.

Question 26

Give students different scores and have them practice interpreting the meaning of each score.

Question 27

Jerome received a percentile rank of 22 on a test of reading achievement.What is the appropriate interpretation of this score? What quartile does this score fall into? What
decile does this score fall into?

Question 28

Have one student role play a parent (e.g.mother)and another student role-play a teacher who is discussing her child's score with the parent.