| Abstract: | "Measures which assess student achievement in terms of a criterion standard provide information as to the degree of competence attained by a particular student which is independent of reference to the performance of others." Achievement measures may also convey information about the capability of a student compared with the capability of other students. Achievement tests are used (a) to provide information about the characteristics of an individual's present behavior and (b) to provide information about the conditions or instructional treatments which produce that behavior. Test development has been dominated by the particular requirements of predictive, correlation aptitude test theory." Achievement and criterion measurement has attempted frequently to cast itself in this framework; some additional considerations are required. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
