Sheet, Tests of General Educational Development - United States Armed Forces Institute. Answer Sheet: Interpretation of Literary Materials. Test 4 College Form B
Sheet, Tests of General Educational Development - United States Armed Forces Institute. Answer Sheet: Interpretation of Literary Materials. Test 4 College Form B
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- Description
- During World War II, American psychologists and educators sought to find ways that soldiers could earn college credit for learning new material. Some argued that taking standardized tests of achievement should be sufficient. Psychologists and educators working with the United States Armed Forces Institute at the University of Wisconsin, developed a series of tests for college achievement. This answer sheet is for Test 4 in the battery, a test of interpretation of the interpretation of literary materials. It is Form B of the test, a form distributed to civilian educators for review. Form A was to be used with veterans. The answer sheet is undated. Unlike the tests for high school achievement, the college-level tests were not widely used.
- Objects 1989.0710.50, 1999.0710.51, 1989.0710.52, and 1989.0710.53 are all answer sheets for parts of this test. Objects 1989.0710.66 through 1989.0710.69 are related.
- References:
- Hutt, E., and Stevens, M., “From Soldiers to Students: The Tests of General Educational Development (GED) as a Diplomatic Measurement,” Social Science History, 2017, 41, pp. 731-755.
- Quinn, Lois “An Institutional History of the GED,” in Heckman, James J., Humphries, John Eric, and Kautz, Tim (eds.) The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014, pp. 57–109.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in
- ID Number
- 1989.0710.53
- catalog number
- 1989.0710.53
- accession number
- 1989.0710
- Credit Line
- Gift of David Gold
- subject
- Mathematics
- Psychological Tests
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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