College Entrance Examinations Board establishes college entrance examines.
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During WWI, the army uses a combination of IQ tests and multiple choice tests on new army recruits.
First multiple choice test
Standford-Binet IQ test developed, which is still the model for IQ tests today.
College Entrance Examination Board develops use of multiple choice test to measure aptitude of students without regard to quality of previous schooling.
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Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) developed.
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College entrance determined by SAT and short acheivement tests, both of which are multiple choice. Essay tests are no longer used.
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Reaction against multiple choice testing with the arguement that learning is not the art of picking the right answer.
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) establishes regular ample survey tests.
American College Testing Assessment (ACT), and later the SAT as well, were redesigned to test conceptual and abstract thinking.
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Endorsed by President Bill Clinton specifically in 1996, there is an embracement of testing every student at set ages in the areas of reading and math.