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Peer reviewedMarks, Daniel – Educational Research Quarterly, 1989
Statewide achievement testing programs in public schools are examined from a historical perspective over 150 years. Written tests, standardized tests, intelligence tests, and test batteries are considered. A survey of present programs demonstrates a wide variety that is attributable to the ad hoc origins of these programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
