achievement age

achievement age
noun
: the level of an individual's educational achievement as measured by an achievement test and related to the norm for his chronological age

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Psychol.
the level of educational development of an individual as determined by an achievement test and based on a comparison of the examinee's score with the average score of individuals of the same chronological age. Cf. mental age.
[1920-25]

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achievement age noun
The level of an individual's educational achievement as determined by comparing his or her score in a test with the average score of others of the same age
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Main Entry:achieve

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achievement age,
the measure of how much a student has learned, determined by an achievement test and expressed as the (tabulated) average age of other students making the same score. Also, especially British, attainment age.

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