Improvements in Teaching Algebra and Geometry Made Possible by the New College Board Requirements

1925 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-170
Author(s):  
Paul E. Ebicker
Keyword(s):  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
College Board ◽  
Teaching Algebra ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Examination Board ◽  
Fair Degree

The topic assigned sets a task almost impossible at such an early day. To ascertain at this date improvements in the teaching of mathematics, resultant of the new requirements set by the College Entrance Examination Board, or to foretell with even a fair degree of accuracy, is certainly beyond my powers. I shall not attempt it.

Testing Time: College board examinations and curriculum change

1957 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-308
Author(s):  
Edwin C. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Curriculum Change ◽  
Achievement Tests ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Testing Time ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
College Board ◽  
Examination Board

The mathematics achievement tests of the College Entrance Examination Board are thoroughly discussed in two pamphlets available to all teachers.1 It would be presumptuous for the author to suppose he could add anything to the information in these excellent documents. However, it is quite possible that many readers of this column have not had the opportunity to become fully acquainted with College Board tests.

Pretesting for the College Boards

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 537-541
Author(s):  
Donald W. Stover
Keyword(s):  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Level ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
College Board ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Level I ◽  
Educational Testing Service ◽  
Examination Board

Before a newly written question can appear on the Level I or Level II Mathematics Achievement Tests administered by the College Entrance Examination Board, it must be pretested with a sample group of several hundred students. Such groups are carefully selected for their similarity to the populations taking the Level I or Level II examinations in previous years, in order to provide reliable indicators of the way the question will “behave” if used at a later date in College Board Examinations. Both before and after pretesting, the questions are scrutinized by the staff of the Mathematics Department at Educational Testing Service and by a Committee of Examiners consisting of seven teachers of mathematics at the secondary and college level.

The College Entrance Examination Board and Mathematics Education

1984 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-371
Author(s):  
Chancey O. Jones ◽  
John A. Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
College Board ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Today ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Examination Board

The participation by secondary school and college teachers of computer science in the development of an Advanced Placement computer science course description and examination is a good example of the interaction between the world of the College Board and the world of mathematics. A long series of such interactions has occurred since the College Board was founded at the turn of the century; a look back at how the board was created and how it has evolved can help to explain the relationship between board activities and mathematics education today.

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