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ERIC Number: EJ419338
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0196-5042
Statewide Achievement Testing: A Brief History.
Marks, Daniel
Educational Research Quarterly, v13 n3 p36-43 1989
Statewide achievement testing programs in public schools are examined from a historical perspective over 150 years. Written tests, standardized tests, intelligence tests, and test batteries are considered. A survey of present programs demonstrates a wide variety that is attributable to the ad hoc origins of these programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Program Development, Public Schools, Standardized Tests, State Programs, State Surveys, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Test Batteries