Word: test
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Ever since the close of the war, the Bureau of Tests has been subjecting willing members of every succeeding Freshman Class to a series of objective tests "given to test the test itself, and not to test the testee." After five years enough data has been gathered on the Aptitude Survey to make it useful in predicting the testee's chances of success in various different fields...
...Kuder Preference Test has already been taken by this year's freshmen, and the results returned to them. These results show what the men think they would prefer to do in later life, while the Aptitude Survey shows what they would be most suited...
Emphasize Test Research...
...Bureau was formed in 1945 primarily for research in perfecting aptitude tests and will continue to concentrate on this aspect. The "Ink-blot" test, given to freshmen last fall, and the Proficiency Test for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, similar to the Aptitude Survey, are both still in process. These four tests, along with the objective language examinations, have made up the basic pieces of research material for the Bureau of Tests so far, and will continue to keep the Bureau busy in the future...
...viewers were lower than before television came to the area. These figures applied to those who watched TV for more than 25 hours a week. Only 14 percent of students who squinted at sets for under 10 hours a week had poorer marks. And in a comparison between two test groups of equal I.Q.'s--one of which had TV sets at home and one which did not--it was discovered that the latter averaged 19 percent better in grades than did the group exposed to living room TV. Further proof as to the accuracy of this survey comes from...