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An oral examis required for students to earn their degree from the University of Bologna in Italy.
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Louvain University The Belgium Louvain University introduced written exams.
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St. Ignatius of Lyola in Italy began to use written tests.
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Oxford University began to require oral examinations for students to earn their degrees.
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Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson proposes to prepare students for either a life of labor or higher educational via a two track educational system.
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Noah Webster wrote several textbooks for language arts.
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Written tests began to be used at Cambridge University. Before written exams it was predominately reciation and a subjective method of grading.
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First Public High School The first public high school opens in Boston, MA.
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The use of written examinations become widespread at Oxford University.
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The college entrance exam began
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Grading practices are examined from the same course but varying teachers and a disturbing discrepancy is found. It is decided that a standard assessment process needed to be established.
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Testing in Cleveland Standardized testing is introduced for it's objectivity because of a large number of students failing in the elementary schools in Cleveland, Ohio.
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First test to assess content knowldege is published.
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Iowa State Test The public has been demanding accountability for scholastic acheivement, and standardized testing begins to emerge as a viable option to provide it.
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California passes a mandatory testing to measure the effectiveness of the school system.
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Gallup poll reports that majority of Americans believe that standardized tests are correctly assessing student performance.
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Thirty-three states have minumum competency testing mandated.
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President Clinton puts forth a challenge for each state to begin a 'national crusade for standards', creating national standards in regards to what all students must know to be successful.
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President Bush enacts the No Child Left Behind law increasing accountability in schools using standardized testing.
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Promotion in varying grades dependant upon successfully passing a standardized test. Many states require an exit exam to graduate from high school.
