Chapter 14

Question	Answer
A test designed to measure general abilities and to predict future performances	Aptitude test
Standardized tests measuring how much students have learned in a given context	Achievement tests
General aptitude for learning, often measured by ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems	Intelligence
The average test score received by a individuals of a given chronological age.	Mental Age
The age of an individual in years	Chronological age\|
The score designated as the minimum necessary to demonstrate mastery of a subject	Cutoff Score
Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group	Derived scores
A derived score that designates what percentage of the norming group earned raw scores lower than a particular score.	Percentile score
A statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores	Standard deviation
A measure of the consistency of test scores obtained from the same students at different times.	Reliability

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