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Standardized Tests |
Drawing
of boundaries has not been able to keep human beings coffined.
In fact, the policy of liberalization and the advancement of
technology have encouraged human mobility more than ever before.
As students from various countries have also started crossing
the boundaries in pursuit of higher education, the importance
of standardized tests is also increasing. Standardized tests
are designed to test the general cognitive skills and in some
cases language proficiency of the applicants so that the educational
standard of the institutes can be maintained and students can
also feel at ease with each other. However in America, standardized
testing is needed even in the public schools.
Standardized Tests Scores:
The aim of standardized
tests is to achieve maximum objectivity while evaluating the
answer sheets. Therefore the authorities taking the standardized
tests make the rules and regulations of evaluating procedures
known to all interested candidates.
The scoring procedure
of norm referenced tests and criterion tests are very different.
While the norm referenced tests measure the score by comparing
the score to a sample of peers, criterion referenced tests
measure scores on the basis of some specific criterions.
Importance of Standardized Tests:
More and more people
are taking the international standardized tests as a good
score in some of the important standardized tests like GRE,
GMAT, TOEFL can help the students to get themselves enrolled
in the educational institutions of their choice. Many institutes,
in fact, regard the standardized test scores as reflective
of the intelligence quotient needed for the particular courses
they are offering.
On this page, we would cover the details of only those standardized
tests, scores of which are accepted by various higher education
institutes of the world. Thus, we would be covering the details
of GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, SAT and some other important standardized
tests. So far as we are concerned, the details of the standardized
tests provided here are accurate and updated, but if you come
across any flaw do write to us. We would appreciate any such
move that would improve the quality of the site.
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