Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria

Walton Foundation · October 2009

Achievement and Growth and Norms and Criteria — Walton Foundation, October 2009.
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October 15, 2009

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  1. Questions References 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
  2. Questions References 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
  3. Questions References 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
  4. Questions References 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
  5. Questions References References 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
  6. With a collaborative spirit, with a collaborative platform where people can upload data, explore data, compare solutions, discuss the results, build consensus, we can engage passionate people, local communities, media and this will raise - incredibly - the amount of people who can understand what is going on. And this would have fantastic outcomes: the engagement of people, especially new generations; it would increase knowledge, unlock statistics, improve transparency and accountability of public policies, change culture, increase numeracy, and in the end, improve democracy and welfare. Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician, OECD. June 2007.