Which term describes the total score across multiple subtests?

• A. Composite Score.
• B. Raw Score.
• C. Basal.
• D. Ceiling.

Answer: (A)

When you want a single number that captures performance across several subtests, you’re looking at a composite score. This score combines the results from multiple subtests (often by converting each subtest to a common metric like a standardized or scaled score and then forming an overall total). It provides a global snapshot of ability or achievement across the battery, rather than the strength or weakness shown in any one domain. By contrast, a raw score is just the count of correct answers on one subtest (not across multiple subtests), and basal/ceiling refer to administration rules about where to start and when to stop testing. So the term that describes the total score across multiple subtests is composite score.