Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Student Growth

Damian W. Betebenner · 2008

Annual student achievement data derived from state assessment programs have led to widespread enthusiasm for statistical models suitable for longitudinal analysis. This paper situa…

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Annual student achievement data derived from state assessment programs have led to widespread enthusiasm for statistical models suitable for longitudinal analysis. This paper situates current growth-to-standard approaches within a larger domain of statistical models, including those based solely upon achievement as well as more traditional growth models, and demonstrates that growth-to-standard approaches present an impoverished view of student progress. Student growth percentiles are introduced as a normative alternative.

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Damian W. Betebenner (2008). Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Student Growth. Center for Assessment.

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  author      = {Damian W. Betebenner},
  title       = {{Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Student Growth}},
  year        = {2008},
  institution = {Center for Assessment}
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