Events in Standardized Testing in the United States

  • NYS Board of Regents passes testing ordinances.

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    Standardized Testing in the United States

  • Regents exams first implemented in New York State

  • NYS makes Regents exams end of course evaluations.

  • Binet creates first intelligence test.

    Binet creates first intelligence test.
  • Robert M. Yerkes, a psychologist presented his plan for testing to the Surgeon General of the Army Medical Corps.

  • Introduction of the SAT.

  • First Scholarship Examinations Administered

  • Educational Testing Services (ETS) is founded.

  • NYS Regents extends testing to lower grades.

  • A Nation At Risk

    A Nation At Risk
  • Goals 2000 is announced.

  • Goals 2000 Educate America Act is signed.

  • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

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  • State of New York adopts the Common Core State Standards initiative.

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