In my opinion, norm reference is shit! There... i said it... for people that do not know what are these, norm reference is your typical assessment of students, where results of the whole cohort is used to draw up a curve. Top whatever percent will be A grade and stuff. Criterion reference is where there are certain guides or criteria and students are assessed based on those criteria. If you score an A, you are a A student. This is the difference between the 2. For the norm, you may score like 90 marks but if most of the students score above 90, after the curve is drawn, you will be a C or even a D grader. What shit is this right? However, the education system we have uses more norm than criterion. I just received my SMMT results and of course i failed. We were warned that after the 3rd try, if we still fail, the ministry will send a letter to the place where we're posted to; to warn the school of our results. I asked my tutor:" if u guys draw curve for every test, after the 3rd test there will definitely be people who fail, since only a A grade is considered pass..." He replied with a shrug and a laugh and said "yeah"
I think its time to break bond.
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