1. Standardized Test Scores
TCH 345
Assessment & Evaluation Strategies

2. 01: Grade Equivalent Score
Tim is a sixth grader. He obtained a grade equivalent score of 9.2 in reading. It means that Tim scored well above average sixth graders in reading.
True or False?
True

3. 02: Grade Equivalent Score
Tim’s grade equivalent score of 9.2 in reading means that Tim could well be put in a class of ninth graders for material in which reading skills were important.
True/False?
False

4. 03: Percentile Score
Juanita is a sixth grader. She got a percentile score of 70 in reading on a published standardized test. This means that Juanita got 70 percent of the items correct.
True/False
False

5. 04: Percentile Score
Susie, a third grade student, scored at the 30th percentile in arithmetic at the end of the school year. According to school grading policy, scores below 65 percent are regarded as failing, Therefore Susie should be retained for another year in arithmetic instruction so that she will not be handicapped in the future.
True/False
False

6. 05: Stanine Score
Mary is sixth grader who received a stanine score of zero on her standardized test in math. This means that Mary’s score is very low compared to other sixth graders.
True/False
False

7. 06: Stanine Score Each Stanine range contains 10 percent of students.
True/False
False

9. 08: Stanine Score
Mr. Rivera, wondered about his student, Elena, whose stanine score in reading comprehension went up from the fourth stanine to the sixth stanine. That big difference is important.
True/False
True