History of Assessment

By LeahMoore

  • Harvard Introduces 1st written exams

  • Written exams given in Boston

    Written exams are given in Boston to schools funded by the government.

  • Harvard Introduces Written Entrance Exams

  • Multiple Choice Test Developed for the Army

  • Stanford-Binet IQ Test

    Stanford-Binet IQ test has been the model since 1916

  • Scholastic Apitute Test

    SAT was a multiple choice test that was given in place of essay tests. SAT was used for both schoolarship dispersal and assesing schools.

  • NAEP

    NAPE developed a sample survey tests. It is now used to give data for the performance of each state.

  • ACT redesigns tests

    ACT redesinged their test to allow for conceptual and abstract thinking, instead of factual recall.