Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
Read the following assertion and reason and choose the correct answer using the code given below.
Assertion (A): In criterion-referenced tests, an individual's score, and how that score is categorized, is not affected by the performance of other students.
Reason (R): Criterion-referenced tests compare a person's knowledge or skills against a predetermined standard, learning goal, performance level or other criterion.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) ✓ Correct
BBoth (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C(A) is true, but (R) is false
D(A) is false, but (R) is true
Correct answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is that R correctly explains A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is that R correctly explains A.
★In a criterion-referenced test the score is judged against a fixed standard, so it does not depend on other students, making the assertion true.
★The reason states that such tests compare a person's knowledge or skills against a predetermined standard or criterion, which is true.
★Because the comparison is made against a fixed standard rather than against classmates, the score cannot be affected by their performance.
★So the reason gives the very ground on which the assertion rests.
★Hence both are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
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