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oliviahorn72

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Which one of the following is something you should consider when you decide whether to use criterion-referenced scores or norm-referenced scores to summarize how well your students have performed on a classroom assessment?
 
  a. Criterion-referenced scores are more useful when you need to compare your students to one another.
  b. Criterion-referenced scores are more useful when you need to compare your students' performance to the typical performance of students nationwide.
  c. Norm-referenced scores are more useful when you want to assess students' mastery of your instructional objectives.
  d. Norm-referenced scores may be helpful when you need to assess a complex skill that is difficult to define in terms of mastery.

Question 2

In 1974, the U. S. Congress passed the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. In two paragraphs, describe the implications of this legislation for:
 
  a. Your use of educational tests and test scores in the classroom
  b. Your communications with students' parents



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

Answers to the separate parts of the question are as follows:
a. The handling of test papers and test scores must limit knowledge of students' test results to the teacher, other school personnel directly involved in the student's education, the student, and the student's parents.
b. Parents have a right to know their children's test scores



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