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Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria
Damian W. Betebenner
The Center for Assessment
SQM Evaluation Meeting
Chicago, Illinois October 15th, 2009
D. W. Betebenner Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria
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Defining Adequate Achievement
What is grade level achievement?
Normative Normative achievement is well understood. For
example, “on grade level” often refers to median
performance on a widely adminstered test.
Criterion Referenced Criterion referencecd achievement is
achored to statewide performance standards. For
example, on grade level achievement refers to
performance at least at the proficient level.
D. W. Betebenner Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria
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Defining Adequate Growth
What is a “year’s worth” of growth?
Normative How much growth is “low”, “typical” or “high”?
Criterion Referenced How much growth is “enough”?
D. W. Betebenner Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria
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Wisdom
Reconciliation?
Need BOTH norms and criteria to make sense of the world.
Angoff (1974): “Scratch a criterion and you find a norm”
D. W. Betebenner Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria
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Angoff, W. H. (1974).
Criterion-referencing, norm-referencing and the SAT.
College Board Review, 92:2–5.
D. W. Betebenner Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria
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