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What is Norm-Referenced Assessment

Chapter 4
Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications
Students’ knowledge and skills are measured in relative terms. The score of a student is an indicator of where the student stands amid his or her peers. This kind of assessment is also known as “grading on the curve” because an effort is made to achieve a desirable distribution of student grades. Even if all students in a class are exceptional, for instance, they will not all get the top grade.
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A Tabular Approach to Outcome-Based Course Planning and Assessment
Oliver T.S. Au (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch004
Abstract
Many educational institutions are migrating towards outcome-based teaching and learning. Being true to criterion-referenced assessment, students’ final grades are often determined elaborately on a set of complex rules. The author proposes a tabular approach to help instructors in course planning and assessment. The resulting course plan consists of tables that show learning outcomes, study topics, teaching, learning and assessment activities in rows and columns. Instructors can more easily spot misalignments between items on the tables. Though marks are assigned to learning outcomes, students’ final grades are still assessed criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced. This mark-based assessment is transparent and familiar to students. The tabular approach may reduce the OBTL migration effort of the instructors and improve the learning experience of the students.
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