Re: definition of "standardized test"

[G. Marc Turner]

As others have mentioned, there is more to a "standardized" test than 
standardizing the administration. I guess it's good that the person in 
question clarified what they meant. I would characterize this definition as 
one that would make sense to the general public and is probably more in 
line with what the general public perceives/understands "standardized" to 
mean than the more technical definitions with which we are familiar. At the 
same time though, this definition would allow just about any test to be 
considered "standardized" since my guess is most of our classroom tests are 
"administered under controlled conditions and carefully monitored to 
prevent cheating." But, I'd hardly consider most classroom tests that are 
given to be "standardized" tests. Almost seems like the type of 
definition/phrasing I'd expect in a more general news source than from the 
Observer...

Just my 2.34 cents
- Marc
At 12:32 PM 5/20/2005, you wrote:
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
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