Editing Ipsative (section)

==In education==

In education, ipsative assessment is the practice of assessing present performance against the prior performance of the person being assessed. One place where this might be implemented is in reference to tests used with [[K-12]] [[student]]s in the [[United States]], where [[value-added modeling]] of teacher performance is currently popular.{{facts|date=August 2021}}

Ipsative assessment can be contrasted with [[criterion-referenced assessment]] and [[norm-referenced assessment]]. Ipsative assessment is used in everyday life, and features heavily in physical education and also in computer games. Encouraging pupils to beat their previous scores can take peer pressure out of situations and eliminates the competitive element associated with norm-based referencing.  It can be particularly useful for children with learning disabilities and can improve motivation.{{facts|date=August 2021}}