Excerpt from Introduction to the Use of Standard Tests: A Brief Manual in the Use of Tests of Both Ability and Achievement in the School Subjects
No longer ago than 1908 appeared the first systematically organized form of the Binet Scale, In 1910 was published the first of the modern scales for the measurement of classroom products - Thorndike"s Scale for Measuring the Quality of Handwriting. In 1915 Otis devised the first group scale for measuring general intelligence, embodying the principles later used in the army group tests. These dates may be taken as marking the real beginnings of the present efforts to measure mental ability and school attainment, though of course there had been scattered work in both lines before these years.
The measurement movement, therefore, is comparatively new; in fact, the most important developments have come during the past few years. Particularly did the extensive psychological work done in the army during 1917 and 1918 give a new impetus to the movement, and establish new methods in testing. The testing of over one million draftees, and the use of test results in placing these men where they would be of the greatest value to the service, demonstrated the usefulness of these methods in a striking and dramatic way.
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