Norm-Referenced Assessment: A test or other type of assessment designed to provide a measure of performance that is interpretable in terms of an individual's relative standing in some known group. Criterion-Referenced Assessment: A test or other type of assessment designed to provide a measure of performance that is interpretable in terms of a clearly defined and delimited domain of learning tasks.
A: The ACSM is considered the largest, most respected sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. Expert answered|MrG|Points 38186| Log in for more information.
Media Room. Licensure, ACSM and the Coalition for the Registration of Exercise ProfessionalsÂ® (CREP) The American College of Sports Medicine is one of seven certifying organizations that make up the Coalition for the Registration of Exercise ProfessionalsÂ®(CREP). The CREP coalition began with a focus on a registry of exercise professionals but, over time, expanded to licensure and occupational regulation- a position that was not consistent with that of ACSM. Although a member of CREP, ACSM has never supported licensure for all exercise professionals.