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Comparing State and District Test Results to National Norms: The Validity of Claims That “Everyone Is Above Average”
Author(s) -
Linn Robert L.,
Graue M. Elizabeth,
Sanders Nancy M.
Publication year - 1990
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.1745-3992.1990.tb00372.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , statistics , psychology , state (computer science) , social psychology , demography , mathematics , sociology , biology , algorithm , paleontology
Are all states and nearly all districts claiming that their students are above the national average? If so, are the test results “inflated and misleading?” What are the factors that contribute to the abundance of “above average” scores?