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Test (student assessment)
A test (in education) is a tool or technique intended to measure students' performance, knowledge or skills.
Attributes: test fidelity, objectivity, test reliability, test validity.
A test item is a component of an assessment[?] tool which requires a response by the test-taker and which is scored separately. Items are combined in a test to measure a student's characteristics. The combination of items is chiefly guided by concerns about reliability.
A standardized test is a test whose results are evaluated by reference to the performance of a norm group[?].
Psychometrics is the study of the measurement characteristics of tests, including reliability and validity.
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