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The Time‐Bound Nature of Norms: Understandings and Misunderstandings
Author(s) -
Williams Paul L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1988.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - phenomenon , test (biology) , psychology , epistemology , social psychology , mathematics education , philosophy , paleontology , biology
Presenting a view from CTB/McGraw‐Hill, the author discusses the time‐bound nature of test norms and argues that the phenomenon of most elementary students' scoring above averages from previous years' norms is a result of generally increasing levels of achievement.