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Alfred- Binet Intelligence Scale
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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon created a scale was used to test children's intellectual capacity (Cherry,2016). The The scale was made up of thirty task that each child had to perform. Each task was measured by qualitative and not quantitative measures so Alfred Binet stressed that his scale did have limitations (Cherry,2016). Binet did not think that a child's intelligence could be determined by just one number. -
Stanford- Binet Intelligence Scale
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Lewis M. Terman and a group of Standford University graduate students created the American version of the Binet-Simon scale, formally known as the Stanford- Binet Intelligence Test (Alcocer,2016). As a result, the test becomes widely used to test Individual intelligence. Ones IQ was determined by dividing their mental age by chronological age and then dividing by one hundred (Alcocer, 2016). -
SAT first administered
Carl C. Brighen first gave his own version of Armys IQ to a group of college freshman, from there he was put on a college board where he was in charge of developing a test that could be used with a variety of schools (Frontline, 2016). The SAT was developed as way to measure ones intelligence for college admittance. -
Iowa Academic Meet
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The Iowa Academic Meet was created in 1929 by E.F. Lindquist at the University of Iowa.. The Iowas academic meet was a tournament, but for academics, Students who scored highly on standardized tests given would move on to more competitions to compete for medals (Holmgren, 2016). This caught much attention and was soon used throughout the entire state of Iowa. -
Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale focuses on "deviation IQ", which means that the test looks at how far a students score deviates from the average (Cherry, 2016). A deviation from the average means that the student testing may qualify for special needs. This scale is still used today to help identify children with special needs -
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals; Handbook 1: Cognitive Domain
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Formally known as "Blooms Taxonomy", this book was created by Benjamin S. Bloom and four coauthors; M.D Engelhart, E.J. Furst, W.H. Hill, and David Krathwohl (Armstrong,2016). There are seven levels to Blooms Taxonomy, they are Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis and synthesis. The levels are meant to be used as a way to scaffold questions and build lessons. -
ACT Test first administered
The ACT was created by E.F. Lindquist. For awhile the SAT was the only standardized test used for college entrance. During this time there was a surge in students applying to higher education institutions so universities were seeking another test option that High school students could take. (Niche, 2014) -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
ESEA was created under the leadership of Lyndon B. Johnson. The purpose of the ESEA was to fund low income primary and secondary schools. The act gave low income schools funds so the government held them to high standards and accountability of scores. (Hansan, 2016) -
Massachusetts Education Reform Act
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The Massachusetts Education Reform Act increased funding for schools, but in return all students had to meet higher accountability rating for testing and school were held responsible that students met the higher standards. (Portz,1997) -
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
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This act held schools accountable for children's academic progress and especially focused on certain groups like special education, English Language Learners and poor minority children (Klien, 2015). School are still held accountable with high stakes testings which takes place in 4th, 8th, and 10th grade.
