Testing Time: The College Entrance Examination Board's examination for Advanced Placement in mathematics

1957 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 458-461
Author(s):  
Edwin C. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Previous Article ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Testing Time ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
College Board ◽  
Made In

In a previous article the author attempted to describe the regular achievement examination program in the field of mathematics of tho College Board (see The Mathematics Teacher, April, 1957). An attempt will be made in t his article to describe the Advanced Placement Examinations in Mathematics.

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.

Report of the Commission on Examinations in Mathematics to the College Entrance Examination Board

1935 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
W. D. Reeve
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
Secondary School Mathematics ◽  
Examination Board

The “Report of the Commission on Examinations in Mathematics” to the College Entrance Examination Board appearing on pages 154–166 of this issue of The Mathematics Teacher will be of particular interest to all teachers of secondary school mathematics.

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.

Getting Serious about SAT Software

1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 440-454
Author(s):  
John G. Harvey ◽  
John W. Kenelly
Keyword(s):  
Computer Software ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Sat Scores ◽  
College Board ◽  
High School Juniors ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
And Mathematics

The College Entrance Examination Board's (CEEB) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is widely taken by high school juniors and seniors for college admission and to apply for college scholarships. (The CEEB is also known as the College Board.) In addition, SAT scores have been used to describe the health of precollege education, particularly in reading, language arts, and mathematics. Parents, teachers, and school systems have tried to improve the SAT scores of their students by instituting SAT test-preparation programs. These programs use a variety of SAT-oriented materials and have recently begun to include computer software packages. Indeed, in a recent cartoon (Weaver 1984), a child asks, “What does the SAT measure?” Another child responds, “Whether your parents can afford a computer.”

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.

The 1969 Advanced Placement Examinations In Mathematics-Complete And “Unexpurgated”

1971 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 499-516
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Finkbeiner ◽  
John D. Neff ◽  
S. Irene Williams
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Mathematics Instruction ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Mathematics ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
Gradual Evolution ◽  
Most Significant Change ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Examination Board

Under the direction of the College Entrance Examination Board the Ad-vanced Placement Program in Mathemat-ics has evolved in content as steadily as it has grown in size. (See table 1.) Course descriptions are under constant review and are revised biennially by the Com-mittee of Examiners to keep pace with trends in school and college mathematics instruction. This gradual evolution can be detected by comparing successive edi-tions of the course descriptions from 1955 to the present. The most significant change in content occurred in 1968-69 when a choice of two courses and two examinations (Calculus AB and Calculus BC) was instituted [1].*

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