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Swinton, Spencer S.; Powers, Donald E. – 1985
The study reported here was intended to "round out" the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Board's continuing study of special test preparation for the GRE General Test by providing information that was previously unavailable on the effects of one kind of special test preparation--self-test-familiarization for the verbal and quantitative…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Independent Study, Mathematics Tests
Download full textLawrence, Ida M.; Rigol, Gretchen W.; Van Essen, Thomas; Jackson, Carol A. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2003
This paper provides an historical perspective on the content of the SAT. The review begins at the beginning, when the first College Board SAT (the Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered to 8,040 students on June 23, 1926. At that time, the SAT consisted of nine subtests: Definitions, Arithmetical Problems, Classification, Artificial Language,…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Educational History, Test Content, Aptitude Tests
Dinkelman, Todd D. – 1990
Education reformers have been concerned that U.S. schools are not helping to develop in their students critical thinking or reasonable, reflective thinking about what to do or believe. Because of the significant role standardized tests play in measuring student progress, and the way in which they may influence the content and dissemination of what…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Content Validity, Critical Thinking
