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A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner. All test takers take the same test under the same conditions and are graded in the same way. This allows for easy comparison of results across different test takers. Standardized tests are designed so that questions, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent. Most everyday classroom tests taken by students would be considered standardized tests. However, the term is usually used to refer to larger tests taken by groups like drivers license tests or exams taken by all students of a certain age.

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Standardized Test

A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner. All test takers take the same test under the same conditions and are graded in the same way. This allows for easy comparison of results across different test takers. Standardized tests are designed so that questions, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent. Most everyday classroom tests taken by students would be considered standardized tests. However, the term is usually used to refer to larger tests taken by groups like drivers license tests or exams taken by all students of a certain age.

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Standardized test

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Young adults in Poland sit for their Matura exams. The Matura is standardized so
that universities can easily compare results from students across the entire
country.

A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or


"standard", manner. Standardized tests are designed in such a way that the
questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations
are consistent[1] and are administered and scored in a predetermined, standard
manner.[2]

Any test in which the same test is given in the same manner to all test takers, and
graded in the same manner for everyone, is a standardized test. Standardized tests
do not need to be high-stakes tests, time-limited tests, or multiple-choice tests.
The questions can be simple or complex. The subject matter among school-age
students is frequently academic skills, but a standardized test can be given on
nearly any topic, including driving tests, creativity, personality, professional
ethics, or other attributes.

The opposite of standardized testing is non-standardized testing, in which either


significantly different tests are given to different test takers, or the same test
is assigned under significantly different conditions (e.g., one group is permitted
far less time to complete the test than the next group) or evaluated differently
(e.g., the same answer is counted right for one student, but wrong for another
student).

Most everyday quizzes and tests taken by students typically meet the definition of
a standardized test: everyone in the class takes the same test, at the same time,
under the same circumstances, and all of the students are graded by their teacher
in the same way. However, the term standardized test is most commonly used to refer
to tests that are given to larger groups, such as a test taken by all adults who
wish to acquire a license to have a particular kind of job, or by all students of a
certain age.

Because everyone gets the same test and the same grading system, standardized tests
are often perceived as being fairer than non-standardized tests. Such tests are
often thought of as fairer and more objective than a system in which some students
get an easier test and others get a more difficult test. That perception, which may
or may not be accurate, depends entirely on the purpose for the test. If a teacher
wishes to determine individual children's skills with respect to a specific
activity, tests other than those that are standardized are more effective.
Standardized tests are designed to permit reliable comparison of outcomes across
all test takers, because everyone is taking the same test.[3] While that point is
granted, often the children tested have not been exposed to the same materials
found on those standardized tests.[citation needed] Equally often, such tests are
constructed by individuals who have no knowledge of the test-takers beyond their
age and/or grade level. Age and/or grade level, however, are poor indicators of
what children have learned. As a result, conclusions drawn from the results can
easily be wrong. The prevalence of standardized testing in formal education has
also been criticized for many

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