A Critical Study of the Courtis Standard Research Test in Arithmetic Series B
Abstract
“Educational measurement is ancient as a fact, medieval as a process and modern as a science", according to one student of the subject. As a fact, measurement in education is truly ancient. Far back in the fourth and fifth centuries B.C., the Chinese had an examination system as the central feature of their educational system. China, today, still uses very much the saye sort of system in choosing her public officials. These examinations consisted in writing verse and prose essays on various themes taken from the sacred writings. The essays for the first examination had to be completed in one day, those for the second examination in three days and those for the third examination in thirteen days. These examinations set a standard of excellence for all and selected to rule in the present those who were best able to conserve the past because of their knowledge of it and their ability to imitate it. These were tests which had a definite time limit, a definite subject and a definite standard to attain although they were not scientifically constructed.
Subject Area
Philosophy|Educational administration|Education
Recommended Citation
Conroy, Irene M, "A Critical Study of the Courtis Standard Research Test in Arithmetic Series B" (1924). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097086.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097086
