Please put this to simple English

NORM-REFERENCED ASSESSMENT
• This compares a learner's performance against an average norm.
• This could be the average national norm for the subject.
• Other example is when the teacher compares the average grade of his or her learners against the average grade of the entire school.

Norm-referenced assessment is when we compare how well a student is doing compared to what is considered average. This could be the average score for a subject nationally, or the average grade for a student compared to the whole school.