Definitions
20th Century
People
Countries
Recent Developments
100
Any test given in the same manner to all test takers
What is standardized tests?
100
This law was passed in 1965
What is Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
100
This person was known for his modeling of test after those in China for Britain
Who is Taylor Meadows?
100
The earliest standardized testing was in this country
What is China?
100
This president implemented No Child Left Behind
Who is George W. Bush?
200
Standardized tests are designed to be _________.
What is consistent?
200
The SAT was founded in this year
What is 1926
200
This person developed the ACT
Who is Everett Franklin Lindquist?
200
Britain started standardized testing in this century
What is the 19th century
200
PARCC stands for
What is Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers?
300
Two types of standardized tests
What are norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests?
300
This test was used to assign U.S. servicemen jobs during World War I
What is Army Mental Test
300
Meadows believed this about standardized testing
What is it was so important that British Empire would collapse if standardized testing was not implemented?
300
In this country, they tested through conversation
What is Greece
300
The PARCC test was awarded Race to the Top assessment funds in this year
What is 2010?
400
The test that is seen as "passing" if they outperform their peers. Ex. SAT and ACT
What is norm-referenced tests?
400
In 1936 this was invented
What is the automatic test scanner
400
Before standardized tests, this person tested his students through conversations?
Who is Sacrates?
400
This system helps rate schools (passed in 2001)
What is No Child Left Behind?
500
This test uses standardized scores and does not take other examinees scores into consideration. Ex. PARCC
What is Criterion-referenced test?
500
This was created in 1959 as a competitor of the SAT
What is the ACT?
500
This president passed the "War on Poverty"
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
This country served as an example for Britain's standardized testing
What is China?
500
The PARCC test will be first administered during this school year
What is 2014-2015?