This test of executive ability from 1935 is the joint product of Glen U. Cleeton (1895-1980), a professor of psychology and education at Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Charles W. Mason (1888-1948), a former public school teacher in Pittsburgh and reader’s counselor at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh (the counseling position was introduced in the library at the time of the Depression). Cleeton and Mason would also write a book on finding and developing executive ability.
The paper and pencil examination includes tests of general information, arithmetical reasoning, judgment in estimating, symbolic relationships, reading comprehension, vocabulary, interests, and typical reactions. A final page asks for personal information.
Reference:
Cleeton, G.U. and C.W. Mason, Executive Ability: Its Discovery and Development, Yellow Springs, Ohio: Antioch Press, 1946.
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