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Allen, JoBeth – 1979
Much of what has developed in the testing of reading harkens back to the days of the "Cult of Efficiency" movement in education that can be largely attributed to Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylor spent most of his productive years studying time and motion in an attempt to streamline industrial production so that people could work as…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Efficiency, Minimum Competency Testing