The History of Standardized Testing

1845

Horace Mann and Samuel Gridley Howe introduce standardized testing to the Boston School System as they were trying to gather objective information about teaching quality."

Procon.org. Standardized Tests. (2021)

1900-1901

Universities needed methods to asset students. This led to the establishment of the College Entrance Examination Board and the introduction entrance exams to administrate 973 test-takers from the United States and Europe

Public Broadcasting Service. (n.d.) Where did the test come from? - the 1901 college board

1916-1917

Louis M. Terman created the Stanford-Binet Intelligent Scale to test students educational settings and adapted from the 1905 Binet-Simon scale (1916)

Scientists create the use of the Army Alpha and Beta Test to recruit during World War One (1917)

Oxford Reference. (n.d.).

1926

Carl Brigham created the first SAT after the works on the Army Alpha and Beta Test. Theses were used as admission tools for Harvard before in 1934 and was required for all students. SAT are also still around today

Public Broadcasting Service. (n.d.). Where did the test come from? - the 1926 Sat

1959

Everett Franklin Lindquist created the need for new admission test that focuses more on achievement than cognitive reasoning this being known as ACT Test (American College Test)

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1965

The Elementary and Secondary Act (ESSA) is passed as part of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty" and provides federal funds for low-income schools and required testing in schools.

Procon.org. Standardized Tests. (2021).

2001

No Child Left Behind act is introduced. Standardized Testing became accountable through funds. Began Federally mandating high-stakes test. However changed in December 2015, Congress pass Every Student Succeeds Act to replace NCLB.

Klein, A. (2020)

2015

The Every Student Succeed Act was passed by President Barack Obama to have equal educational opportunity for all students. This also seek out that all students to be held to high academic standards and assess student's project.

U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.)

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2019

December 10 2019: Students, educators and advocates suing the University of California over the use of the SAT and ACT in college admissions decisions.

"While the SAT and ACT have been a standard admission tool in the United States for decades, aiming to offer objective criteria to compare students from different high schools, dozens of higher education institutions have dropped the tests from their admissions criteria amid a growing backlash."

NBCUniversal News Group. (2019).

2022

Testing scores were lower in 2021 due to the pandemic occurring as "Test scores that are as low as, or nearly as low as, the prior year’s results would confirm the severity of the pandemic’s impact on student learning." Focusing more on results aspects to seek improvement among theses test.

Quintana, C. (2022)

History of standardized testing. History of Standardized Testing | Lehigh University College of Education. (n.d.).

Public Broadcasting Service. (n.d.). Where did the test come from? - the 1901 college board | secrets of the SAT | frontline. PBS.

History of standardized tests - procon.org. Standardized Tests. (2021, February 24).

Army Alpha and Beta Tests. Oxford Reference. (n.d.).

Every student succeeds act (ESSA). | U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.).

Quintana, C. (2022, January 26). SAT is going digital: Exam will be online-only, shorter as colleges ditch standardized tests. USA Today.

References

Public Broadcasting Service. (n.d.). Where did the test come from? - the 1926 sat | secrets of the SAT | frontline. PBS. R%20male.

NBCUniversal News Group. (2019, December 13). California lawsuit blasts SAT, ACT exams as discriminatory. NBCNews.com.

A (Mostly) Brief History Of The SAT And ACT Tests. (n.d.).

Klein, A. (2020, December 7). No child left behind: An overview. Education Week.

Quintana, C. (2022, January 26). SAT is going digital: Exam will be online-only, shorter as colleges ditch standardized tests. USA Today.