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Chapman, Paul Davis – 1980
This essay shows that the adoption of intelligence tests by the schools was a complex development. Tests were adopted during the 1920s as part of the reform program fashioned by the network of applied psychologists and school people. While the network itself often viewed testing as a means to improve the schools and society, immigrants and blacks…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Trends
