Grade level norms

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Grade level norms AleAssessment

Interpreting scores on a test in reference to the average performance of children at each grade level. For example, in ABE, standardized tests (see also standardization and standardized tests) are frequently used that have been normed on children in the elementary, middle, and secondary school grades; thus, an ability of 4.8 would be assigned to an adult reading at about the same level as a child in her 8th month of the 4th grade, for example. While the grade level score is based on the performance of children in the school grades, the interpretation of the score should be based on the performance of adults on the test. The TABE and the ABLE provide norms for adults in ABE programs that permit test users to interpret scores both in grade levels and in relation to adult performance on the tests.

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