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.
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), founded in 1954, the largest and most respected sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world, with more than 20,000 International, National, and Regional Chapter members in 80 countries, who work in a wide range of medical specialties, allied health professions, and scientific disciplines.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the United States ' largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with close to 72,000 members. After nearly 100 years as the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the organization officially changed its name to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (A.N.D.) in 2012.he Academy was founded in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of women led by Lenna F. Cooper and the Academy's first president, Lulu G. Graves, who were dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve public health during World War I.