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Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Notes 14.7 Keywords

Test : An examination of somebody’s knowledge or ability, consisting of questions
for then to answer or activities for them to carry out.
criterion : A standard or principal by which something is judged
Predetermined : to decide something in advance so that it does not happen by chance.

14.8 Review Questions

1. What do you mean by criterion referenced test ?
2. Give the advantages and disadvantages of criterion referenced test.
3. Explain the feature of criterion referenced test.
4. What are the applications of criterion referenced test
Answers : Self Assessment
(i) Criterion referenced test (ii) Passing

(iii) Classroom teachers (iv) learning
14.9 Further Readings

1. Education Measurement and Evaluation : J.Swarupa Rani, Discovery Publishing
house.
2. Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching : Norman Edward Gronlund Macmillian
3. Measurement and Assessment in Teaching : Robert L. Linn Pearson Education
India.
4. Program Evaluation and performance measurement : James C. Me. David, Laura
R.L. Hawthorn, Sage Publications.

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