Foreword by Orville G. Brim, Jr.
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter I. Introduction
Part One: Ability Testing in American Society
Chapter II. Ability Testing in Historical and Social Perspective
The Early Discoveries: Genetics and Statistics
The First Tests
The Development of Group Testing in the United States
An International Comparison - Russia and Great Britain
Summary
Chapter III. An Overview of Ability Testing Today
How Many Tests Have Been Developed?
How Are Tests Used?
What Organizations Use Tests?
Who Makes Tests?
How Many Tests Are Given Annually?
Chapter IV. Testing in Education
Internal Testing
External Testing
Summary
Business and Industry
Government
The Military
Part Two: Ability Tests and Prediction
Chapter VI. What Ability Tests Measure
Ability as a Hypothetical Construct
What Do Ability Tests Measure?
A Paradigm for the Analysis of Influencing Variables
Innate Factors
Background and Environment
Personality
Situational Factors
Test Demands
Random Variation
Summary
Problems in Prediction
The Prediction of Academic Achievement
The Prediction of Creativity
The Prediction of Success in Life
The Prediction of Performance in the Armed Forces
Summary
Part Three: The Need for Research on the Social Consequences of Testing
Chapter VIII. The Impact of Testing
The Impact of Testing: A Conceptualization
Testing and the Society
Index