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Peer reviewedKennedy, Hubert – American Mathematical Monthly, 1980
Background information about the first mathematics examinations given at Harvard in the academic year 1854-55 is given. The two instructors, Pierce and Eliot, responsible for the innovation are discussed. (MK)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Educational History, Educational Testing, Higher Education


