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The Search for Ability : Standardized Testing in Social Perspective /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
1963.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword by Orville G. Brim, Jr.; Acknowledgments; Chapter I. Introduction; Part One: Ability Testing in American Society; Chapter II. Ability Testing in Historical and Social Perspective; The Early Discoveries: Genetics and Statistics; The First Tests; The Development of Group Testing in the United States; An International Comparison
- Russia and Great Britain; Summary; Chapter III. An Overview of Ability Testing Today; How Many Tests Have Been Developed?; How Are Tests Used?; What Organizations Use Tests?; Who Makes Tests?; How Many Tests Are Given Annually?
- Chapter IV. Testing in EducationInternal Testing; External Testing; Summary; Chapter V. Testing in Business and Industry, Government, and the Military; Business and Industry; Government; The Military; Part Two: Ability Tests and Prediction; Chapter VI. What Ability Tests Measure; Ability as a Hypothetical Construct; What Do Ability Tests Measure?; A Paradigm for the Analysis of Influencing Variables; Innate Factors; Background and Environment; Personality; Situational Factors; Test Demands; Random Variation; Summary; Chapter VII. The Value of Tests in Prediction; Problems in Prediction.
- The Prediction of Academic AchievementThe Prediction of Creativity; The Prediction of Success in Life; The Prediction of Performance in the Armed Forces; Summary; Part Three: The Need for Research on the Social Consequences of Testing; Chapter VIII. The Impact of Testing; The Impact of Testing: A Conceptualization; Testing and the Society; Index.