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 BAC, as members fondly call it, is one of the largest gyms in the city, with enormous facilities for tennis, swimming, yoga and power yoga, group kick, and round-the-clock classes in every kind of exercise as well as a huge area for muscle work.