Chapter 4

Question 1

Age equivalent

Answer 1

This 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

The child’s actual age at the time of testing

Question 3

Data

Answer 3

It represents information gathered and collected during the assessment process

Question 4

Deciles

Answer 4

These divide scores into tenths or ten equal units

Question 5

Grade equivalent

Answer 5

This is a 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

These divide the scores into four units

Question 9

Raw score

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Scaled scores

Answer 10

This 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 scores

Answer 11

This 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 (standard nines)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

T score

Answer 13

This score is another way to express test performance

Question 14

Z score

Answer 14

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