achievement age: Meaning and Definition of

achieve'ment age"

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— Psychol. Psychol.
  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. Cf. mental age.
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