achievement age


nounPsychology.
  1. the level of educational development of an individual as determined by an achievement test and based on a comparison of the examinee's score with the average score of individuals of the same chronological age.

Origin of achievement age

1
First recorded in 1920–25

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British Dictionary definitions for achievement age

achievement age

noun
  1. psychol the age at which a child should be able to perform a standardized test successfully: Compare mental age

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