Arithmetic Computation Test. Form-AC-1
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945
name: label: maker
content: War Shipping Administration
notes: label: Description
content: This test consists of four sheets of paper, printed on both sides and stapled together. Included are directions and 50 multiple-choice questions involving numerical calculations. Answers were to be blackened in on answer sheets so that tests could be scored by machine.
label: Description
content: World War I had seen major development of standardized testing in the United States. The new tests developed in World War II did not have as large an impact, although they were widely used. This examination was developed at the War Shipping Administration, a U.S. government agency in business from 1942 until 1946. This example is Form-AC-1.
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topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Psychological Tests
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Psychological Tests
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Arithmetic Teaching
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of David Gold
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0710.47
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0710.47
label: accession number
content: 1989.0710
objectType: label: Object Name
content: psychological test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.7 cm x 20.5 cm x .1 cm; 10 1/2 in x 8 1/16 in x 1/32 in