Testing

Standardized Testing

By Recon500

  • First Intelligence Test

    Alfred Binet, a French psychologist, created the first intelligence test, made up of written questions for school children in order to identify their mental age.

  • Introduction of the SAT

    Carl Campbell Brigham, a psychology professor at Princeton University introduces the first ever SAT.

  • First Scholarship Examinations

    Scholarship examinations were used to test oncoming Ivy League freshmen who had received scholarships to universities.

  • Educational Testing Services is founded

    The ETS is founded and brings together the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to determine college admissions.

  • New York extends Regents testing to lower grades

    New York state extends the Regents exams to evaluate students for reading and mathematics in grades 3, 6, and 9, called the Pupil Evaluation Program.

  • Georges Goals 2000

    President George HW Bush introduces Goals 2000. Plans for achieving national education goals by the year 2000. Which suggested implementing "American Achievement Tests" for grades 4, 8, and 12.

  • No Child Left Behind

    In order to close the achievement gap in American elementary and secondary education, established through a system of teacher and school district accountability, measured by yearly standardized tests.

  • New York adopts the Common Core State Standards

    The Common Core reevaluates the direction of the US's current educational standards, creating a heightened awareness of standardized testing.