Chauncey met a man, named Carl Brigham who had been part of the army's IQ testing team during World War I. Eventually, Carl Brigham adapted the army's IQ test for use in college admissions and Chauncey reported back to Conant about the new SAT test. Conant wanted assurance, however, that this test was a test of pure intelligence and not of the quality of the education a student had received. ... Controversy abounds around admissions testing. ... The SAT test was specifically designed with that in mind. ...

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The Educational Testing Service (ETS) adopted the SAT I back in 1944. ... The original test, known as the "Army Alpha" was an IQ test administered by the United States Army to evaluate the intelligence of new recruits. Following the war, the Army Alpha was adapted and transformed for the purpose of a college admissions test, (The Big Test: SAT I, p.l) .The first test was experimentally administered to a few thousand college applicants in 1926. ... Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors of the 1998 book, The Black- White Test Score Gap, argued that African Americans will always scor...

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She also makes a very valid point, "There aren't state test to judge creativity." Even research shows that IQ scores are up, but creativity is down. This could be due to the fact that if there are kids in public schools, that emphasize standardized testing, not much is being done to encourage creativity and problem solving compared to the efforts put into routine memorization (Botches). ... Due to programs like this, the American Federation of Teachers is suggesting that the nation create a new test that would be required by all future teachers (Krache). This test would be giv...

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Furthermore, standardized exams as the IQ tests that pertain to certain culture with the whole knowledge, attitude and Idioms etc. must be culture free so people can have better chances to enter good universities and to get scholarships. ...

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Primary schools everywhere are beginning to cut music programs from their students' schedules. It is becoming less of an importance and becoming increasingly seen as a disruption to the students' lives and academics. "The required general music program in grades K–6 is less vibrant than it was at ...

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His said it was "wrong to allow minority students with lower IQ scores than whites and Asians to be admitted into gifted programs because of their race. ... A comprehensive statewide test was given to all 10th graders in Wisconsin. "These tests cover knowledge and concepts in reading, math, science, and social studies. ...

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He took an IQ test and found himself receiving much praise and attention for his scores, though he pointed out his view that if this test focused more on verbal skills, he would have been looked over and remained unacknowledged for his talents. ...

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