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IMPLICATIONS OF CRITERION‐REFERENCED MEASUREMENT 1, 2
Author(s) -
POPHAM W. JAMES,
HUSEK T. R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1969.tb00654.x
Subject(s) - criterion referenced test , criterion validity , norm referenced test , measure (data warehouse) , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , test validity , psychology , statistics , computer science , mathematics , psychometrics , data mining , standardized test , construct validity , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
During the past several years measurement and instructional specialists have distinguished between norm‐referenced and criterion‐referenced approaches to measurement. More traditional, a norm‐referenced measure is used to identify an individual's performance in relation to the performance of others on the same measure. A criterion‐referenced test is used to identify an individual's status with respect to an established standard of performance. This discussion examines the implications of these two approaches to measurement, particularly criterion‐referenced measurement, with respect to variability, item construction, reliability, validity, item analysis, reporting, and interpretation.