Criterion-referenced test

Standardized Testing A standardized test is any test that is administered and scored following a predetermined standard procedure. There are two main types of standardized tests: proficiency tests and achievement tests. Standardized tests predict how well students perform at any subsequent educational level or space. The most common examples are the SAT and the ACT, which attempt to predict how well secondary students will perform in college. However, when assessing the effectiveness of a school…

The Scholastic Aptitude Test or better known as just the SAT is a test that in high school that is a placement test for college. This test was not only used to place students into certain course once they enter college but it is also used to rate the schools themselves. Based on how the students did on the test at my high school, that would predict the next year by minor ways of getting to take a day off after the test is finished or bigger things like adding a course to teach us how to take the…

Proponents argue that standardized tests have been deteriorating education in America, but extensive longitudinal studies and national surveys over the past year says otherwise. Standardized testing has been around since 1905 starting with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. Fast forward fifteen years, the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) was created. In the 1960s, the federal government started pushing new achievement tests designed to evaluate instructional methods and schools. Standardized…

The test themselves are also poor determinants of achievement because they only cover a small range of subjects, and even those topics cannot be fully examined through a multiple choice quiz. Some of the issues that arise are difficult to avoid. Daniel Koretz, an expert in educational testing, writes: “some goals, such as the motivation to learn, the inclination to apply school learning to real situations, the ability to work in groups, and some kinds of complex problem solving, are not very…

Which test is a more fit for students, the ACT or the SAT? Students may take whichever test they prefer because they are both accepted by most colleges, some colleges though only accept one of the two. Some students score higher on the ACT while other students will score higher on the SAT, meaning there is really no better test; it all just depends on the thinking skills you attain. If you’re not sure which test you prefer over the other yet, then you should take a look at some of the key…

your test booklet.” If you’ve ever taken a standardized test your likely very accustomed with this expression. Going to school our whole lives we are all very familiar with these tests and are likely to have taken a few. According to the LA Post from preschool to senior year a student takes on average 112 standardized tests. So maybe we are taking more than just a few of these tests. These tests are designated to judge a students “scholastic aptitude” or their potential success. These tests are…

The only time and exception are that students do take one exam at the end of their senior year in high school. Not like in America, students’ and schools’ test scores aren't being ranked or compared to one another (Hancock). The president of Finland’s well-known teachers' union stated, “Equality is the most important word in Finnish education. All political parties on the right and left agree on this.” With…

Standardized tests were invented in China in the seventh century and later used for more than a thousand years as a means of selecting that nation’s civil servants, judges and military officers. During the Cultural Revolution the standardized tests were all but abandoned and the basis for those positions was merely what political party you supported or what you had accomplished in your military life. It wasn’t until the 1980’s that standardized tests and academic achievement became the…

Standardized tests are the universal method for colleges and universities to decide the worth of current and future students. Standardized testing is simply every student taking one test, consisting of the same questions, which will be graded in a regulated way. Colleges and universities rely too heavily on standardized testing. Standardized test scores are the opposite of what colleges actually ask for from students. Colleges always request driven hard working students, rather than students…

standardized test scores such as the ACT or SAT. In fact, the SAT exam was first offered in the late 1930’s to help students without family connections or money be acknowledged by top Ivy League schools (Westervelt). Newly formed colleges and universities followed the decision of the Ivy League schools and implemented the SAT which increased the pressure on all students. The expectation to succeed…