. Measurement Techniques;*Norm Referenced Tests;

4Standardized norm-referenced tests have been much maligned in recent years. They differ from critetion referenced tests in that the latter involve assessment in comparison to an absolute, standard or specific performance objective while it a norm-referenced test assessment is made in comparison to other students taking the same test. Standardiied tests Can be abused in some of the following ways:ailing to recognize limitations within the testing =situation that obscure the "true " level of competende; making decisions on the assumption that the score derived from the test tells all; making decisions on the assumption that reading and intelligence tests measure exclusive domains; assuming that a standardized test can give specific direction to an instructional- Rpbgram; interpreting results without reference to the,compositiOn of the-norm group; making the. assumption that anyonelp.elbw-the 50th percentile is a disabled learner; and trWinra grade score on-a reading test as a functiona