Standardized Test Scoring

What's Inside
 Cumulative and Averaging Systems of Grading
 The K to 12 Grading System: Reproduced from DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2012
 Levels of Proficiency
 Final Grade
 Culminating Resources Activities/Performances
Test standardization is a process by which teacher or researcher-made tests are validated and
item analyzed. After a thorough process of validation, the test characteristics are established.
These characteristics include: test validity, test reliability, test difficulty level and other
characteristics as previously discussed. Each standardized test uses its own mathematical scoring
system derived by the publisher and administrators, and these do not bear any relationship to
academic grading systems. Standardized tests are psychometric instruments whose scoring
systems are developed by norming the test using national samples of test-takers, centering the
scoring formula to assure that the likely score distribution describes a normal curve when
graphed, and then using the resulting scoring system uniformly in a manner resembling
a criterion-referenced approach. If you are interested in understanding and interpreting the
scoring system of a specific standardized test, refer to the policies of the test’s producers.