01560nam a2200253Ia 4500 CTU_158466 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 12.24 371.260973 L545 Lemann, Nicholas The Big Test : the secret history of the American meritocracy Nicholas Lemann New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000 The experiment-launched by James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, and Henry Chauncey, head of the brand-new Educational Testing Service (ETS)-was to use the then-young science of intelligence testing to assess and sort American students in order to create a new democratic elite that would lead postwar America to progress, strength, and prosperity. No writer before Nicholas Lemann has gained access to the archives of the all-powerful ETS, and none has understood the significance of this extraordinary drama. But now, in a remarkable synthesis of vibrant storytelling, vivid portraiture, and thematic analysis, he reveals this secret history. Educational tests and measurements,Intelligence tests,Sự đo lường và kiểm tra giáo dục,Kiểm tra trí thông minh History,History,Lịch sử,Lịch sử 20th century,20th century,Thế kỷ 20,Thế kỷ 20 United States,United States,Hoa Kỳ,Hoa Kỳ Trinh, Năm Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ