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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Thank you OP for this interesting posting. However, I am totally confused. The publisher explicitly states that:

"However, if individuals are very young for the grade, their age scores will be higher than their grade scores. If individuals are much older than the typical student in the grade, their grade scores will be higher than their age scores."

So how is this statement compatible with the suggestion to use "grade norms"? The sentence you highlighted is totally contradictory to the previous one about the effect of age on the scores of younger or older kids. It seems to me that this could be a mistake...[/quote]

OP here.

My thought after reading it a couple of times is that if the test is being used for academice purposes, such as an advanced class placement like AAP, the students being tested must be able to perform at the same level as all the other kids in the grade, regardless of is they are young for the grade or old for the grade.

I don't think it is a mistake.  I think that under a circumstance like AAP, the publisher recognizes performing at the required level when placed is more important than having the potential to eventually perform at the required level.[/quote]

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