Testing for competence rather than for "intelligence."
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Testing for competence rather than for "intelligence".
The testing movement in the United States has been a success, if one judges success by the usual American criteria of size, influence, and profitability. Intelligence and aptitude tests are used nearly everywhere by schools, colleges, and employers. It is a sign of backwardness not to have test scores in the school records of children. The Educational Testing Service alone employs about 2,000 p...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Psychologist
سال: 1973
ISSN: 1935-990X,0003-066X
DOI: 10.1037/h0034092