I agree. I clearly remember my testing course in grad school and clearly standardization is more aligned with having norms than with a series of testing conditions that are standardized across multiple testing sessions.
annette Quoting Stuart Mckelvie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear Ken, > > My understanding of a standardized (psychological) test is one that is > not only administered in a uniform manner to everyone who takes it, > but also has been judged on its psychometric properties (reliability and > validity) and norms (if norms-referenced) and standards (if criterion- > referenced). > > Stuart > > > Date sent: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:32:18 -0400 > From: Ken Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: definition of "standardized test" > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" > <[email protected]> > Send reply to: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" > <[email protected]> > > > Here is a definition I have never seen before: > > > > "By 'standardized test,' I mean simply a test administered under > > controlled conditions and carefully monitored to prevent cheating." > > > > Richard C. Atkinson, > > > > from "College Admissions and the SAT: A personal perspective. > > APS Observer, May 2005, 18 (5), p. 15 > > > > Ken > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu > > Appalachian State University > > Boone, NC 28608 > > USA > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600 > Chairperson, Extension 2402 > Department of Psychology, > Bishop's University, Fax: (819)822-9661 > 3 Route 108 East, > Borough of Lennoxville, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sherbrooke, > Quebec J1M 1Z7, Canada. > > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
