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TEST CRITERIE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

An examination for which an individual's score indicates the relationship of the individual's performance to a specified criterion.

OBS

As opposed to "norm-referenced test."

Key term(s)
  • criterion referenced test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
DEF

Test servant à comparer la performance d'un sujet à un critère de réussite prédéterminé.

OBS

fondé sur des critères correspondant à des objectifs déterminés.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A test designed to discover whether a pupil has attained a required level of proficiency in an academic subject, or in a vocational or avocational skill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Test utilisé afin de comparer la performance d'un sujet à un critère de réussite déterminé à l'avance.

Spanish

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