Norm referenced assessment

In NRA, the results are expressed in terms of comparisons between students after teaching is over.

NRA makes judgments about people

In NRA, results of assessment are reported in terms of comparisons between students. The rank order is the simplest example, which tells who performs better than who, but there are sophisticated versions of NRA.

Mter ranking, a common form of norm-referenced assessment is 'grading on the curve'. The top 10% of the class, say, are awarded 'high distinction', the next 15% 'distinction', the next 25% 'credit' and 45% 'pass'.

Source: Biggs, J.B., & Tang, C. (2007). 

-    Norm reference assessment seeks judge each students' performance against the performances of the cohort. see: http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/06/normvcrit6.html

(from forum on week 6)