A test is a systematic method for measuring students' behaviors and evaluating these behaviors against standards and norms. Tests can be standardized or teacher-made. A. Uses of standardized tests. B. Classes of standardized tests. There are literally thousands of standardized tests available for use in education, psychology, business, etc.
Individual tests provide detailed information about the individual but cost a great deal.
Financially, schools cannot afford to test all students individually, and it is unethical to collect the type of detailed, private information on students unless there is a professionally sound reason. There are several types of aptitude tests. Personality tests describe the characteristic ways one behaves, while projective tests are used to help diagnose emotional disturbance, typically by presenting an ambiguous stimulus that the testee must interpret. Gifted and Talented . Standardized tests are evaluated on the basis of their validity and reliability.