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Direct linkRaymond, Mark R.; Neustel, Sandra; Anderson, Dan – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2009
Examinees who take high-stakes assessments are usually given an opportunity to repeat the test if they are unsuccessful on their initial attempt. To prevent examinees from obtaining unfair score increases by memorizing the content of specific test items, testing agencies usually assign a different test form to repeat examinees. The use of multiple…
Descriptors: Test Results, Test Items, Testing, Aptitude Tests
Download full textLawrence, Ida M.; Rigol, Gretchen W.; Van Essen, Thomas; Jackson, Carol A. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2003
This paper provides an historical perspective on the content of the SAT. The review begins at the beginning, when the first College Board SAT (the Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered to 8,040 students on June 23, 1926. At that time, the SAT consisted of nine subtests: Definitions, Arithmetical Problems, Classification, Artificial Language,…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Educational History, Test Content, Aptitude Tests
McLaughlin, Kenneth F. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
Under Title V, Guidance, Counseling, and Testing of the "National Defense Education Act of 1958," the Congress of the United States has recognized the value of tests as a tool which may be used to help make an early determination of the aptitudes and abilities of the students in U.S. schools. This bulletin attempts to explain the use and…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Guidance, Educational Testing, Aptitude Tests
