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Why test?School effectivenessDetermine what students know
and can doCompare student achievement to
achievement of similar studentsCompare student ability level
and achievement
Norm vs. Criterion Referenced
Norm referenced•Comparing a person's score against the scores of a
similar group who have taken the same exam, called the "norming group."
•Examples•California Achievement Test (CAT)
•Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) - "Terra Nova“
•Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
•Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT)
•WISC
•Stanford-Binet
•Bell Curve – all students cannot be above average!
Norm vs. Criterion Referenced
Criterion referenced• Measure how well a person has learned a specific
body of knowledge and skills
• Examples• ISTEP and most state exams
• ITBS and Terra Nova
• Driver’s License test
• Content area placement exam (Algebra placement test)
• Do not compare student to student
… Wait until KINDERGARTEN
… THIS WEEK WE TOOK A TEST TO SEE IF WE’RE READY FOR THE TEST THAT TESTS OUR TEST SKILLS…
Ability vs. Achievement Ability Test
•Measure of cognitive ability
•Child’s ability to learn Achievement Test
•Measure of what an individual has learned There may be a discrepancy between
ability and achievement scores•Underachievement
•Learning Disability
Individual vs. Group Ability Tests Individual intelligence tests are
considered the most accurate measure of intelligence•Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-
IV)
•Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-III),
•Stanford Binet (SB-5)
•Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ-III) cognitive Individual IQ tests must be given by a
school or counseling psychologist.
Individual vs. Group Ability Tests Group intelligence tests are commonly
used as screening measures Common group intelligence tests
•Otis-Lennon School Ability Test - OLSAT
•Cognitive Abilities Test – CogAT IQ scores are not given on group tests
Group Achievement Tests
Criterion-referencedTypically on grade level content,
therefore difficult to know the level of mastery for a gifted child
Grade-level achievement tests are only a measure of basic skills
You cannot compare standard scores on achievement tests to IQ scores.
Will this beon the test?
Ceiling The highest level of performance or
score that a test can reliably measure WISC-IV = 160 Stanford-Binet IV = 165 CogAT = 150 OLSAT = 150
Standard Deviation a statistical measure of spread One standard deviation is the range which
includes 65% of all scores, two standard deviations includes 95% of all scores
68%96%
From Get Off My Brain, by Randy McCutcheon, illustrated by Pete Wagner
Types of ScoresRawPercentile RanksGrade Equivalent ScoresStandard Scale Scores
Raw Score
The number of items a student answers correctly
Allow students to be ranked, but they do not allow you to compare students
Percentile RankA percentile rank indicates the percentage
of students in the same age or grade group whose scores fall below the score obtained by a particular student.
99 is the highest percentile rank possible. 50 is considered average Deals with percentage of persons not
percentage of items
Grade Equivalent ScoreMost misinterpreted test score If a 4th grader received a 7th grade
equivalent score on a 4th grade reading achievement test, it DOES NOT mean the child is ready for 7th grade material. It means the child reads 4th grade material as well as the average 7th grader reads 4th grade material.
What is the test assessing???
Age Equivalent ScoreFrequently misinterpreted If a 10 year old received a 15 year
old age equivalent score on a 4th grade reading achievement test, it DOES NOT mean the child is ready to tackle 10th grade material. It means the child reads material intended for 10 year olds as well as the average 15 year old reads it.
Stanine Stanine is short for standard nine. The name
comes from the fact that stanine scores range from a low of 1 to a high of 9. For instance, a stanine score of • 1, 2, or 3 is below average• 4, 5, or 6 is average• 7, 8, or 9 is above average
The stanine scale is a normalized standard score scale consisting of nine broad levels designated by the numbers one through nine.
Stanines are provided for both age and grade groups.
Standard Age Score• Raw Scores are converted to SAS
based on chronological age• Used for interpretation purposes
•Scale scores allow comparison of students
• Somewhat akin to an IQ score• Uses means and standard deviation• Mean = 100
68%96%
Standard scores 130 and above Very Superior 120-129 Superior 110-119 High Average 90-109 Average 80-89 Low Average 70-79 Borderline 69 and below Impaired (Mentally Retarded
range)
Relationship Between CogAT Scores
Stanine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Percentile Rank
1-4 5-11 12-23 24-40 41-59 60-76 77-88 89-95 96-99
SAS 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
Standard Deviation
-2 0 +2
Standard Measure of Error The range inside which an individual
subject's future scores are expected to fall, based on her current score
The score +/- the standard measure of error is the estimated range in which the actual score lies
130 +/- 5 means that the child’s true score is somewhere between 125 and 135
Confidence Interval Using the standard measure of error A range of values that indicates where the true
score is likely to fall Often expressed in 68%, 90%, or 95% Such as: We can say with 68% confidence that
a student’s true score is within this range. The higher the confidence (95 instead of 68),
the wider the range of scores
K-BIT
WISC-IV – 5rd grade boy Verbal Comprehension: 150 Perceptual Reasoning: 146 Working Memory: 97 Processing Speed: 88 Full Scale IQ: 127
WISC-IV – 3rd grade boy Verbal Comprehension: 110 Perceptual Reasoning: 137 Working Memory: 135 Processing Speed: 112 Full Scale IQ: 130
5th 3rd
Verbal Comprehension: 150 110Perceptual Reasoning: 146 137Working Memory: 97 135Processing Speed: 88 112Full Scale IQ: 127 130
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