Schools As Sorters: Lewis M. Terman, Applied Psychology, and the Intelligence Testing Movement, 1890-1930
New York: New York University Press, 1988.
Paperback. 9" X 6". xv, 228pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, creasing and a spot of soiling to covers, corners, and edges. Rubbing and light toning to edges of text block. Very occasional highlighting to pages. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Since the time of the First World War, the grouping of students according to intelligence tests has become a fixture in the American educational system. Within the past three decades, this practice and its origins have elicited questions and controversy. Why were intelligence tests adopted so rapidly in the schools? How did the rise of testing and tracking influence the role of the school in promoting social opportunity? Were these tests a great contributor to social and educational progress, or were the tests foisted upon the schools, as some have claimed, in the self-interest of those seeking to promote their own social philosophy?(Publisher). Good. Item #11267
ISBN: 0814714366
Price: $35.00