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Comparing & Contrasting Formal Assessments

Formal tests are given to students to test their proficiency on a subject. Two types of formal tests are norm-referenced and criterion-referenced. They are both formal assessments but have distinct differences.

Not only are the forests diminishing for the tribe's home, they are also losing their next generation of their future in order to pass the cultural knowledge and their great, extended histories.

From the native tribes, we can learn about their medicine and how they treat severe wound and diseases. Biologists and scientists may gather more knowledge and information about the rainforest and it's

ecosystem from native tribes.

By: Jessica F.

Norm-Referenced

Criterion-Referenced

From the native tribes, we can learn about their medicine and how they treat severe wound and diseases. Biologists and scientists may gather more knowledge and information about the rainforest and it's

ecosystem from native tribes.

Content-

Determines a students knowledge of a specific content area. Scoring is in relation to the domain of the content.

Bell-shaped curve-

Follows a bell-shaped curve that represents the norm or average performance. The range will show you if a student is deficient, average, or superior in the material.

They are both formal assessments.

Comparison-

Do not compare a students results with other students. The test is used to see if a student knows the content or not.

Comparison-

Compares a student's test to a group of peers (norm group)

Both are standardized and high stakes tests

Testing -

Competency tests, mastery skills tests, credentialing exams, standards-based tests

Derived Scores-

"Standard Scores, Standard deviations, scale scores, T-scores, percentile ranks, age-equivalent scores, grade-equivelant scores (Education.com, 2015)"

Compare

References

Education.com(2006-2015). Criterion-referenced Tests. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/criterion-referenced-tests1/

Education.com (2006-2015). Norm-referenced Testing. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/norm-referenced-testing/

Scoring -

Scores are given as pass or fail.

Scoring -

Scores are given as percentiles

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