ipsative
adjective
- describing a type of assessment in which the learner’s current level of achievement, skill, knowledge, or understanding is assessed against their own previous level, rather than against fixed criteria or a norm
- describing a process of learning in which the same content is covered more than once, but at an increasingly challenging level, as happens within a spiral curriculum model
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪpsətɪv/
adj
Etymology: From Latin ipse (“of the self”).
- Denoting a measure that forces a person to choose among multiple desirable options.
“Myers-Briggs uses ipsative measures, whereas the Five-Factor Model uses normative measures.”
- Comparing a measure of a person against that person’s previous assessments.