Chapter 4

Question 1

Age Equivalent

Answer 1

A very general score that is used to compare the performance of children at the same age with one another

Question 2

Chronological Age

Answer 2

The child’s age at the time of testing

Question 3

Data

Answer 3

Represents information gathered and collected during the assessment process

Question 4

Deciles

Answer 4

Divide scores into tenths or ten equal units

Question 5

Grade Equivalent

Answer 5

A very general score that is used to compare the performance of children in the same grade with one another

Question 6

Percentile Rank (Percentile)

Answer 6

A score indicating the percentage of people or scores that occur at or below a given score

Question 7

Protocol

Answer 7

The booklet in which you record the child’s response

Question 8

Quartiles

Answer 8

Divide scores into four units: 1-25, 26-50, 51-75, and 76-99

Question 9

Raw Score

Answer 9

Indicated the number of items correctly answered on a given test

Question 10

Scaled Score

Answer 10

A conversion of a student’s raw score on a test to a common scale that allows for a numerical comparison between students

Question 11

Standard Score

Answer 11

A score that has been transformed to fit a normal curve, with a mean and standard deviation that remain the same across ages

Question 12

Stanine

Answer 12

A type of standard score that has a mean of 5 and a SD of 2

Question 13

T Score

Answer 13

Another way to express test performance, have a mean of 50 with a standard deviation of 10

Question 14

Z Score

Answer 14

Indicates how many standard deviations a score is above or below the mean, a standard score distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one