What Is the Major Drawback of Using Percentile Ranks to Describe

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is the major drawback of using percentile ranks to describe students' performance on a standardized test?

• A)Even many low-achieving students tend to get above-average percentile scores.
• B)Percentiles tend to underestimate how much students have actually learned.
• C)Because most students get fairly low scores,they become easily discouraged and their self-efficacy decreases.
• D)Students in the middle range can be quite similar in achievement and yet have scores that are somewhat dissimilar.

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