In criterion-referenced assessment, a teacher evaluates a ...

[soccerdreamer_17]

In criterion-referenced assessment, a teacher evaluates a student's performance relative to predetermined standards or criteria. In norm-referenced assessment, a teacher evaluates a student's performance in terms of how it compares with that of the student's peers. Should Mr. Van Holten take a criterion-referenced or a norm-referenced approach in grading the research papers? Justify your choice.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Xias says, No matter how hard I try, I'm just not good enough for the bulletin board.. From this statement, you might reasonably suspect that which one of the following is true about Xias?
 
  a. He has facilitating anxiety.
  b. He has learned helplessness.
  c. He is manifesting a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  d. He is exhibiting a phenomenon commonly known as the personal fable..

[matt]

Answer to Question 1

Mr. Van Holten should probably use a criterion-referenced approach, because he wants to determine what writing and research skills his students have mastered and where their individual weaknesses lie. In other words, students' grades should reflect the extent to which they've accomplished the instructional goals and objectives for the class.

Answer to Question 2

b.