Chapter 4

Question 1

Age equivalent

Answer 1

is 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

Any time you test a child, perhaps the most important piece of information you must obtain is the Child’s age at the time of the testing.

Question 3

Data

Answer 3

represents the information collected and gathered during the assessment process

Question 4

Deciles

Answer 4

divide scores into tenths or ten equal units

Question 5

Grade equivalent

Answer 5

is 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

is 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

Question 9

Raw score

Answer 9

is a test score that has not been weighted, transformed, or statistically manipulated

Question 10

Scaled score

Answer 10

is 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

is 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

ab abbreviation for standard nines, is a type of standard score that has a mean of 5 and and SD of 2.

Question 13

T score

Answer 13

is another way to express test performance

Question 14

z score

Answer 14

indicates how many standard deviations a score is below or above the mean