[agrarianlady]

This is interesting.

Standardized tests are norm-referenced. Scores are based on how other students score. It’s all one big curve.

My homeschooled daughter was upset when she got a 98% instead of a perfect score. I said that kids don’t really get 100%, because they throw in questions that kids aren’t expected to know yet (above grade level).

She really thought that was unfair.

[wintertime]

It was unfair.

[TalonDJ]

My homeschooled daughter was upset when she got a 98% instead of a perfect score

Was it 98% or was it 98th percentile. There is a world of difference.