The use of tests of intellectual ability, such as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), is common in the United States and Canada [ 2].
It expands the use of tests to raise student achievement.
Psychological testing, also called psychometrics, the systematic use of tests to quantify psychophysical behaviour, abilities, and problems and to make predictions about psychological performance.
The use of tests for which 4-year-olds can be prepped signals that we want to find those youngsters who can do well on future tests.
No matter how adept doctors become with computerized records, they will need to be pushed to rein in excessive use of tests.
Heralded by President Bush as a centerpiece of his campaign, the legislation comes amid growing opposition to the expanding use of tests to determine promotion, graduation, merit pay and school evaluations.
They make extensive use of tests, but only to diagnose students rather than to classify them.Yet the Finns have also dispensed with many of the shibboleths of the educational left.
Alarmed at the increased demands on kindergartners, a national association of early childhood educators put out a call to action this year warning against pushing children to read in kindergarten and criticizing the increased use of tests to evaluate how well kindergartners are learning basic skills.
A potentially more important use of tests sensitive to right frontal lobe functioning, though, may be in predicting dementia patients that will develop significant and disruptive behavioral deficits.
A report by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges points to potential cost savings of nearly £2bn through better use of tests, medication, hospital beds and operating theatres.
The concerns expressed and issues raised by Zialik and McCloskey concerning the use of tests of statistical inference have also been raised in sociology and psychology.
