Norm-referenced mathematics tests are used primarily to
a. provide a general overview of students' performance in mathematics, determineeligibility for special education services in mathematics, and document studentprogress in mathematics
b. provide information related to the effectiveness of the mathematics curriculumbeing used and to determine the effectiveness of the instruction the student iscurrently receiving in his or her mathematics class.
c. assess students' mathematics skills related to a fixed criterion (i.e., masterycriteria or what students should be able to do).
d. identify the specific error patterns that students exhibit when attempting to solvechallenging mathematics problem and to identify general mathematicscomprehension.
a
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Emic perspectives concerns
a. the views of the study's participants only. c. Neither of these. b. the views of the study's researcher(s). d. Both of these d.
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