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PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZED TESTS, 1900-1935
Abstract
This study focuses on the early twentieth century role of private foundations in the development of standardized tests. Educators came to accept that the measurement of intelligence was important to teaching and schools. Because both standardized intelligence tests and standardized achievement
Subject Area
Education history
Recommended Citation
NORTON, RITA JOYCE, "PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZED TESTS, 1900-1935" (1980). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI8101374.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8101374