Three of the following are true statements about age- and/or grade-equivalent scores. Which statement is false?
A) They tell us which students should be moved to a higher or lower grade level.
B) If Mary gets an age-equivalent score of 10, she has performed as well as the average 10-year-old.
C) If John gets a grade-equivalent score of 5, he has performed as well as the average fifth grader.
D) They are sometimes used inappropriately as standards for all students' achievement.
A
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