History of Standardized Tests-Timeline

• 2022: Ohio Students Score At Lowest Levels On State Tests

• 2021: Standardized Testing Continues During/After Pandemic

• 2020: University of California’s Decision on Standardized Tests

• 2020: Covid-19 Pandemic’s Disruption on Standardized Tests

• 2020: Covid-19 Pandemic’s Disruption on the ACT and SAT

• 2019: College Board Adversity Scoring

• 2015: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• 2014: Opting Out Movement 2010: Common Core Standards in Schools

• 2010: Common Core Standards in Schools

• 2009: Race to the Top (RTTT)

• 2002: The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

• 2000: Program For International Student Assessment (PISA)

• 1998: End To Bilingual Education Act

• 1968: Bilingual Education Act

• 1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

• 1959: The First American College Testing (ACT) Exams

• 1958: National Defense Education Act

• 1947: Educational Testing Service Formation

• 1944: Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

•  1926: The Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs) Are Implemented Nationwide

• 1922: John Dewey’s Concerns on Standardized Testing

• 1904: Alfred Binet and IQ Testing

• 1890-1900’s: College Entrance Exams 

• 1845: Horace Mann’s Push for Standardized Testing

• 1838: The First Establishment of American Standardized Tests