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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE APTITUDE TEST - MORNING SESSION
Admission of Candidates
The examination is to begin at 9:00 a.m. All candidates have been requested to report
at 8:45 a.m. and have been informed that they will not be admitted after 9:00. You and
your assistants should be at the examination room by 8:30. As each candidate is admitted
to the room inspect, but do not collect, his ticket of admission. At 9:00 the doors to the
examination room are to be closed, and as soon as possible thereafter, you should start
reading the directions.
Any candidates who arrive a few minutes late may be admitted at the discretion of the
supervisor, provided the admittance of these candidates will not disturb the others. If you
admit a candidate after the test has begun, you must give him the full testing time, even
though he must stay after the on-time candidates are dismissed. Such occurences should
be noted on the Irregularity Report.
Timing of the Examination
Use a watch with a second hand (not a stop watch). The watch should be set so that it
will read exactly 9:00 when you give the instruction "BEGIN WORK." The hours and
minutes in the schedule must be followed exactly.
Supervisor's Schedule
A complete schedule for the supervisor follows. Read aloud all directions enclosed in
boxes. Do not depart from these directions, nor answer any questions regarding the con-
tent of the examination.
Obtain the center number from the Final Shipment Notice and post it in view of all the
candidates so that they can copy it on their answer sheets where necessary.
If the candidates inquire about the advisability of guessing the answers to questions, refer
them to the instructions on the cover of the test book.
Insure the proper seating of all candidates, paying special attention to those that are left-
handed, by following the procedure given in Section 8. After all candidates have been
seated and before any test materials are distributed, the following preliminary directions
are to be read aloud:
[Marginalia] PRELIMINARY
[Marginalia] DIRECTIONS
The entire Aptitude Test is 2 1/2 hours long and consists of
three sections. You will have 25 minutes to work on Section I,
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50 minutes for Section II, and 75 minutes for Section III.
During the time allowed for one section you are to work
ONLY on that section. (Pause.) You will be given a
special pencil for use in indicating your answers. Mark
all your answers on the separate answer sheet which is
inserted in the test book. You are not to use scratch
paper; scratchwork may be done in the test book. If
your test book, answer sheet, or special pencil is de-
fective, raise your hand. When you get your test book,
print your full name in the upper left-hand corner of
the front cover. Read the directions on the back cover.
Look up at me when you have finished. Do not break
the seal until I tell you to do so. You are not to ask
questions during the examination. Are there any ques-
tions now?
When all questions have been answered, distribute a copy of the Aptitude Test and a
special pencil to each candidate individually. Make sure that no one breaks a seal on
a test book until you give the signal to do so. When all candidates have had time to
read the directions, say:
By using your pencil, break the seal of your test book from
the inside. (Pause.) Take out the answer sheet inside the
front cover and then close your test book. Fill in the in-
formation requested on your answer sheet. (Pause.) In the
space provided, copy the center number which I have posted.
(Pause.) Detach an examination number label from your
ticket of admission, and paste it in the space provided.
(Pause.) When I give the signal, open your test book to
Section I, read the directions, and then start to work. You
will have 25 minutes to work on this section. Be sure that
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all your answer marks are black and heavy and that they
completely fill the space between the dotted lines; do not
make stray marks on your answer sheet; if you erase, do so
completely. Keep your answer sheet flat on your desk and
directly in front of you during the test. Are there any
questions?
After answering any questions set your watch at 8:59. When the watch reads 9:00, say:
| AT 9:00 | BEGIN WORK. |
| AT 9:25 | STOP. When I give the signal, turn to Section II, read the
directions, and start to work. You will have 50 minutes to
work on Section II. BEGIN WORK. |
| AT 10:15 | STOP. Put your answer sheet inside your test book, close
your test book, and leave it closed on the desk. (Pause.)
You will have a ten minute rest period. During this time
you may stand by your seat and talk quietly. |
Walk about the room during the intermission to make sure that all test books are closed,
with answer sheets inside. A short time before the end of the rest period, say:
ATTENTION PLEASE. Take your seat and get ready to
resume work. (Pause.) When I give the signal, take out
your answer sheet, open your test book to Section III, read
the directions, and start to work. You will have 75 minutes
to work on Section III.
Now set your watch at 10:24. When the watch reads 10:25, say:
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BEGIN WORK. AT 10:25
STOP. Close your test book and keep it closed on your desk. AT 11:40
Do not insert your answer sheet in your test book. Check to
make sure that on your answer sheet you have given all the
information requested and have pasted an examination num-
ber label in the space provided. (Pause.) Then check the
cover of your test book to see that you have printed your
full name in the upper left hand corner. (Pause.) We will
now collect the special pencils, the test books, and the
answer sheets. No one may leave the room until all mat-
erials have been collected and counted. Remain in your
seats until you are dismissed. There should be no talking.
The special pencils, the copies of the Aptitude Test and the answer sheets -- in that
order -- must be collected and counted as directed in the GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS,
Section 14. It is imperative that no one leave the room until you make sure that you
have an Aptitude Test book and answer sheet from each candidate. After everything
has been checked, say:
Candidates for an Advanced Test are to report ____________________
(Designate the
_________________________________ at 1:45 this afternoon with tickets of
place)
admission. The doors to the examination room will be closed
at 2:00. (For candidates remaining for the afternoon session
who are not familiar with the center location, you might
suggest some convenient eating places. Then dismiss the
candidates.)
Fill out the Supervisor's Report for the Aptitude Test and attach it to the used Aptitude
Test answer sheets. Any irregularities at the Aptitude Test session should be noted in the
Irregularity Report.
The used Aptitude Test answer sheets and all other examination materials should be kept in
a locked room to which only you or a designated assistant has access until after the after-
noon session.
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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE ADVANCED TESTS - AFTERNOON SESSION
Admission of Candidates
The examination is to begin at 2:00 p.m. All candidates have been requested to report
at 1:45 p.m. and have been informed that they will not be admitted after 2:00. Your
assistants should be at the examination room by 1:30. As each candidate is admitted to
the room, inspect, but do not collect, his ticket of admission. At 2:00 the doors to the
examination room are to be closed, and as soon as possible thereafter, you should start
reading the directions. Any candidates who arrive a few minutes late may be admitted at
the discretion of the supervisor, provided the admittance of these candidates will not dis-
turb the others. If you admit a candidate after the test has begun, you must give him the
full testing time, even though he must stay after the on-time candidates are dismissed.
Such occurrences should be noted on the Irregularity Report.
Timing of the Examination
The time allowed for the Advanced Tests is three hours.
| Biology | History |
| Chemistry | Literature |
| Economics | Mathematics |
| Education | Philosophy |
| Engineering | Physics |
| French | Psychology |
| Geology | Sociology |
| Government | Spanish |
Use an ordinary watch with a second hand (not a stop watch). The watch should be set
so that it will read exactly 2:00 when you say "All candidates, BEGIN WORK." The
hours and minutes in your schedule must be followed exactly.
Supervisor's Schedule
A complete schedule for the supervisor follows. Read aloud all directions enclosed in
boxes. Do not depart from these directions, nor answer any questions regarding the con-
tent of the examination.
Obtain the center number from the Final Shipment Notice and post it in view of all
candidates so that they can copy it on their answer sheets where necessary.
If the candidates inquire about the advisability of guessing the answers to questions, refer
them to the instructions on the cover of the test book.
Insure the proper seating of all candidates, paying special attention to those that are
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left-handed, by following the procedure given in Section 8.
After the seating arrangements have been completed and before any test materials are dis-
tributed, the following preliminary directions are to be read aloud, slowly and clearly:
[Marginalia] PRELIMINARY
[Marginalia] DIRECTIONS
During the afternoon session each candidate will take one Ad-
vanced Test, in accordance with the choice indicated in his
application. All Advanced Tests are 3 hours long. Candidates
will continue working to the end of the 3 hour period. Are
there any questions? (Pause.) You will be given a special pen-
cil for use in indicating your answers. No credit will be given
for any answer unless it is recorded in the appropriate space on
the separate answer sheet which is inserted in the test book. You
are not to use scratch paper; scratchwork may be done in the test
book. (Pause.) Ask no questions during the test. If your test
book, answer sheet, or special pencil is defective, raise your
hand. When you get your test book, print your full name in the
upper left hand corner of the front cover. Read the directions on
the back cover and look up at me when you have finished.
Distribute the special pencils and then separately the test books for each Advanced Test.
After everyone has finished reading the directions, say:
By using your pencil, break the seal of your test book from the
inside. (Pause.) Take out the answer sheet inside the front
cover and close your test book. Some of the answer sheets re-
quest information on both sides, others only on one side. Be sure
to check your individual answer sheets for such a possibility and
to see that you have filled in all necessary information.
Copy in the space provided the center number I have posted.
(Pause.) Detach an examination number label from your ticket
of admission and paste it in the space provided. (Pause.) Most
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of the answer sheets provide spaces for the same number of answers
as there are questions on the test. However, some of the answer
sheets provide more answer spaces than are called for by the num-
ber of test questions. On these answer sheets the end of the test
is indicated by the word "STOP." Do not make any marks on these
answer sheets beyond the space for the last question in the test.
(Pause.) When I give the signal, all candidates turn to the be-
ginning of the test and start to work. Fifteen minutes before the
end of the test period, I shall warn you of the time remaining.
Set your watch at 1:59. When it reads exactly 2:00, say:
| AT 2:00 | All candidates, BEGIN WORK. |
| AT 4:45 | ATTENTION, PLEASE. Fifteen minutes remain in which to com-
plete the test. |
| AT 5:00 | STOP. Close your test books. All candidates, check to make
sure that you have filled in all necessary information, including
printing your full name in the upper left hand corner of
your test booklet. Make sure that you have pasted an examina-
tion number label in the space provided on your answer sheet.
(Pause.) Special pencils, test books, and answer sheets will be
collected. No one may leave the room until all materials have
been collected and counted. Please remain in your seats until I
dismiss you . |
The special pencils, the test books, and the answer sheets - in that order - must be col-
lected and counted as directed in the GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, Section 14. It is impera-
tive that no one leave the room until you are sure that you have an Advanced Test booklet
and answer sheet from each candidate. After everything has been checked, dismiss the
candidates.
Then fill out the Supervisor's Report for the Advanced Tests and attach it to the used Ad-
vanced Test answer sheets, sorted by subject. Any irregularities at the Advanced Test
session should be noted in the Irregularity Report.
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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR RETURN OF TEST MATERIALS
The following materials are to be returned immediately after the testing by FIRST CLASS MAIL, in the special prepaid business reply envelopes provided, to Educational Testing Service, 20 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey, OR Box 27896, Los Angeles 27, California, as appropriate. It is not necessary to register the envelopes, they can just be deposited in any mail box. If extra envelopes are needed be sure to fill in all information on all the envelopes. (Supervisors at centers outside the United States and Canada return the materials by AIR MAIL, preferably registered. Overseas supervisors are requested NOT to return any materials by diplomatic pouch. Centers receiving special instructions with a shipment are to follow them and not the general instructions in this Manual.)
1. Used Aptitude Test answer sheets, including irregular ones, with completed Supervisor's Report attached
2. Used Advanced Test answer sheets, sorted by subject, including irregular answer sheets, with completed Supervisor's Report attached.
3. Completed Form N (list of candidates)
4. Completed Final Shipment Notice
5. Used Substitute Admission Cards
6. Summary vouchers for all honoraria and miscellaneous expenses
7. Address labels, one for each supervisor, associate supervisor and proctor
8. Completed Irregularity Report
9. Supervisor's Comment Sheet, if comments have been made
The following materials are to be sent immediately after administration of the test by RAILWAY EXPRESS COLLECT with a declared value of $50.00 on the entire shipment to Educational Testing Service, 20 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey, OR 3607 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles 26, California, as appropriate: (Supervisors at overseas centers should return this material by registered FIRST CLASS MAIL, unless otherwise instructed in the shipment of materials. Please do not send by diplomatic pouch. When export regulations make it difficult to return the examination pencils, it is not necessary for the supervisor at an overseas center to do so.)
1. Used Aptitude Test books
2. Unused Aptitude Test books
3. Used Advanced Test books
4. Unused Advanced Test books
5. Unused Substitute Admission Cards
6. Special pencils
Paste the return labels over the printed labels on the mailing carton. Be sure to enter the school name, city, state, and center number in the appropriate spaces. Please make the center number, which appears on the Final Shipment Notice, as large as possible to facilitate checking returned material.
(12-58-2500)
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⟦SUP⟧ERVISOR'S IRREGULARITY REPORT
Program:
Center (City-State-Number):
Date:
On this form the SUPERVISOR should note all irregularities which affect one or possibly two or three candidates. Irregularities which affect
a large group or all the candidates present should be described in detail on the reverse side of this sheet. At large centers, be sure to include
in your report all rooms concerned. If no irregularities occur, the heading of the report should be filled out and the word "None" written
under "Brief Description---." This form should be signed by the Supervisor and returned with all used answer sheets.
| Candidate's Exam Number | Candidate's Name | Name of Test | Time by Reset Watch | Brief Description of Irregularity |
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Supervisor's Signature
(10-56)
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
مدرسة شماش الثانوية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣
No. / العدد:
Date / التاريخ: 6th October, 1959.
Dear Sirs,
I shall be much obliged if you will kindly supply me with one copy of each of the following publications:
1. College Board Score Reports, A Guide for Counselors.
2. The College Handbook-- latest edition.
I will arrange to settle the cost of the above if any, through the Foreign Exchange Department in Baghdad on receiving your bill.
[Signature] Sincerely yours,
[Signature] A. S. Obadiah,
[Signature] Principal.
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey.
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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣
No: .........................
العدد: .........................
Date: .........................
التاريخ: .........................
Names of Candidates from Shamash School taking the
(PSAT) exam on the 20th October ⟦1962⟧
1. Nessim ⟦Ezekiel⟧ Sasson Muallim
2. Jacob ⟦Shaoul⟧ Adas
3. Fouad ⟦Abdullah⟧ Layal
4. Mounir ⟦David⟧ Salman Chitayat
5. Jaim ⟦Isaac⟧ Masriyyah
6. Yousef ⟦Edward⟧ Salim Shashoua
7. Jack ⟦John Shamash⟧
8. Younis ⟦Baruch Younis⟧
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ceeb 1959-60 Bulletin of Information
and application blank order slip
____________________
DATE
Please send the
following materials
for the use of students
planning to take the
Scholastic Aptitude
Test or Achievement
Tests of the College
Board on any of the six
1959-60 testing dates:
Please do not write in this box
CENTER LISTS____________________
P-41____________________________
SEND VIA: ____________________
DATE SENT: ____________________
______copies of the 1959-60 Bulletin of Information
(one application blank bound in each)
______additional 1959-60 application blanks for students planning
to take the tests on more than one testing date
______transmittal forms for returning completed
applications in bulk shipments if the school
wishes to do so
NAME Mr. Abdullah Obadiah TITLE Principal
(please print)
SCHOOL Shamash Secondary School,
ADDRESS New Alwiyah, BAGHDAD, Iraq.
⟦Please⟧ fill out the mailing label below.
⟦It will⟧ be used to mail the Bulletins and application
⟦blanks⟧ you have requested.
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COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD
⟦line⟧
April 3, 1959
To ⟦the⟧ Secondary School Guidance Director:
Again, as in 1958, we are inviting you to place an early order for copies of the 1959-60 Bulletin
of Information and test application blanks. These are the materials your students will need in
arranging to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Achievement Tests in the academic year
1959-60. An order slip for the 1959-60 Bulletins and application blanks is enclosed.
Although we are asking you to order them now, your Bulletins and application blanks will not be
shipped until next September 1. Placing your orders early, however, will give us the time we need
to prepare the many shipments in advance, and will permit us to deliver your Bulletins shortly after
the opening of school next fall.
Each copy of the 1959-60 Bulletin will contain one application blank. As you probably know, we now
ask the student to use a separate application in registering for each date on which he will take the
tests. We would appreciate it if you would order only as many 1959-60 Bulletins as you will have
students taking the tests next year, and order the additional separate applications (rather than addi-
tional Bulletins with enclosed applications) for those students who will need them to register for
testing on an additional date or dates.
You may also order on the enclosed slip, copies of the transmittal forms for returning completed
applications in bulk shipments, if you wish to return them in bulk rather than have your students send
them in individually.
In September you will receive another order form for 1959-60 Bulletins and applications as part of our
regular fall announcement, and with it you may supplement the order we are now requesting. Also included
in the fall announcement will be information on obtaining reports of the test scores of your students.
The schedule of test dates for 1959-60 is:
| Saturday, December 5, 1959 | (SAT and Achievement Tests) |
| Saturday, January 9, 1960 | (SAT only) |
| Saturday, February 6, 1960 | (SAT only) |
| Saturday, March 12, 1960 | (SAT and Achievement Tests) |
| Saturday, May 21, 1960 | (SAT and Achievement Tests) |
| Wednesday, August 10, 1960 | (SAT and Achievement Tests) |
⟦Th⟧ank you for your interest and cooperation.
College Entrance Examination Board
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1959
Tuesday, October 20
Saturday, October 24
Preliminary
Scholastic
Aptitude Test
for junior guidance
for senior scholarship awards
A two-hour version
of the Scholastic Aptitude Test
replaces the
Scholarship Qualifying Test
College Entrance
Examination Board
To whom will the scores be reported?
Test scores will be reported to the secondary
schools from which the candidates register,
and to the scholarship programs for which
candidates wish to qualify. In addition to the
school score roster, a pressure-sensitive adhe-
sive individual score report for attachment to
each student's cumulative record folder and a
similar report for each student's interpretive
leaflet will be sent to the secondary school.
This interpretive leaflet will be designed to
help each student understand the meaning of
his scores. Supplementary interpretive mate-
rials concerning PSAT scores will also be sent
to the schools, to assist them in counseling
students.
Address correspondence concerning PSAT to:
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
Educational Testing Service
Box 589
Princeton, New Jersey
Where will the PSAT be given?
The PSAT will be given at all secondary schools
in the United States and its territories and
possessions where the schools want to test stu-
dents for guidance purposes or where students
are taking the test for scholarship purposes.
Who will administer the PSAT?
The test will be administered in the second-
ary schools by the school principal or his des-
ignated representatives. Registration and ad-
ministration arrangements will be made
through the PSAT Program Director at Educa-
tional Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey,
which is operating the program for the Col-
lege Board. Testing time is two hours.
What is the test fee?
Schools will be responsible for the collection
of student fees to cover test administration
costs. Principals will forward to Educational
Testing Service one dollar ($1) for each stu-
dent taking the PSAT.
How do students register?
All students register through their school
principal.
How does a school register students?
All secondary schools will be sent registration
materials in May and again in September. Ship-
ment of test materials cannot be guaranteed
for registrations received after October 1, 1959.
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The College Entrance Examination Board
will offer the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test, beginning in October 1959, in response
to the interest shown by schools in a low-cost
test which will facilitate the guidance of col-
lege-bound students. The new test, to be of
primary value to schools in advising juniors
on college plans, will be directly related to the
senior year Scholastic Aptitude Test. It will
provide a completely adequate substitute for
the SAT in the case of juniors who would other-
wise take the SAT for guidance purposes. It
will not, however, be a substitute for the SAT
as a college admission requirement.
The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
will replace the College Board Scholarship
Qualifying Test, which last year was taken by
juniors for guidance and by seniors for schol-
arship awards. The PSAT will continue to serve
the need of scholarship sponsors for a nation-
ally available test through which seniors may
qualify for scholarship consideration.
What is the PSAT?
The PSAT is a two-hour version of the three-
hour Scholastic Aptitude Test, using the same
kinds of multiple-choice questions and meas-
uring the same verbal and mathematical abil-
ities. It will yield separate verbal and mathe-
matical scores on a scale ranging from 20 to
80, a relation parallel to that of the College
Board standard admissions test scale of 200
to 800. This will make it a simple matter for
guidance officers to relate the preliminary test
scores directly to information about college
admission standards. Materials designed to
aid both counselors and students to under-
stand the meaning of their scores will be sent
to the schools with their score rosters.
Who may take the PSAT?
• For guidance purposes: Secondary school
students in any class the school wants to test
for college guidance purposes may take the
PSAT, when registered for it by the school prin-
cipal. In general, schools will find the PSAT
most useful for the guidance of college-bound
juniors and seniors.
• For scholarship purposes: Secondary school
students seeking to qualify for scholarships of-
fered by sponsors requiring the PSAT will take
the test. Specific information concerning the
eligibility requirements and descriptions of
scholarship programs using the PSAT will be
sent to the schools in August and September.
In 1958-59, over 1,600 scholarships were
awarded to students taking the Scholarship
Qualifying Test, which will be replaced this
year by the PSAT.
When will the PSAT be given?
The PSAT will be given on two dates in 1959:
Tuesday, October 20, and Saturday,
October 24. A school may choose
either date, but all participating students at
the school must be tested only on the one date
chosen. A different form (edition) of the test
will be used on each date in order to maintain
the security of the test in a manner which will
make it equally fair to students of every school.
The school must agree to administer the form
on the designated date.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE
20 NASSAU STREET, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
TELEPHONE: WALNUT 1-9000 • CABLE: EDUCTESTSVC
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
May 25, 1959
To Principals and Headmasters of Schools Outside the United States:
We cordially invite you to participate in the new Preliminary Schol-
astic Aptitude Test (PSAT) of the College Entrance Examination Board.
This test will be administered by secondary schools throughout the country
on one of two alternate test dates - Tuesday, October 20, and Saturday,
October 24, 1959. This year, on an experimental basis, the PSAT will be
offered to a limited number of schools outside the United States with no
change in test fee.
The PSAT replaces the Scholarship Qualifying Test formerly offered by
the College Board in October. While continuing to serve interested schol-
arship sponsors as a screening test primarily for seniors, the PSAT is de-
signed especially to assist schools in the guidance of college-bound juniors.
However, it is doubtful that any of these scholarship programs will be open
to your students A two-hour version of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
PSAT provides an excellent, low cost, readily available guidance instrument
for all students the school may want to test. As in previous years, scores
of 1959 examinees (together with interpretive materials) will be sent to
their schools without charge.
The College Board offers the PSAT in the expectation that it will sub-
stitute completely for the junior year use of the SAT for college guidance
purposes. It is the Board's hope that juniors normally will not be ex-
pected to take both the PSAT and the SAT. However, in this introductory
year of the PSAT, juniors so advised may take both the PSAT and the SAT.
This year, in recognition of school administrative problems, the test
is being made available on either the Tuesday or the Saturday date. To
protect the security of the test, two forms are being prepared; each school
will designate its preferred test date on the school registration form and
will be sent the appropriate test form for use on that date only.
We hope you will return the enclosed school registration form at an
early date to facilitate the operation of the program and to assure ship-
ment of materials. In view of the shipping difficulties involved in making
shipments outside the United States, we cannot guarantee to process registra-
tions received in Princeton after September 7. Please note that there will
be only this one registration circularization sent to your school. When
estimating the number of students for the registration form please include a
reasonable overage to provide test materials for contingencies and thus to
avoid the need for small supplemental shipments. In this regard, please
note that test fees are paid after the test administration and then only
for students actually tested.
[Signature] Sincerely yours,
[Signature] Robert E. Smith
[Signature] Robert E. Smith
[Signature] Program Director
RES:lh
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COLLEGE BOARD NEWS
College Entrance Examination Board, 425 West 117 Street, New York 27, N. Y.
FOR USE ON OR AFTER MARCH 4, 1959
The Trustees of the College Entrance Examination Board today an-
nounced that the Board has decided on two courses of action, one im-
mediate and the other long range, in response to the concerns expressed
by schools and colleges over the rapidly growing problems of college
admission.
The College Board, as it is known to educators and the hundreds of
thousands of boys and girls who take college entrance examinations each
year, is a nonprofit association of school and college members estab-
lished in 1900 to facilitate the transition of students from school to col-
lege. The membership now consists of 250 colleges which require the
examinations for admission and 37 educational associations representa-
tive of school interests throughout the nation.
PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST ANNOUNCED
The first move authorized by the Trustees will be the introduction of a
new test, to be known as the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, de-
signed especially to assist schools in advising their college preparatory
students early in the junior year.
The test will be given nation-wide in October at every school wishing
to obtain for its college-bound juniors information which will provide
(1) a forecast of their performance in the senior year on the Scholastic
Aptitude Test when it is taken for college admission, and (2) an advance
indication of their college capability which will be particularly helpful in
arriving at a good and realistic choice of college.
It is estimated, on the basis of current trends toward earlier guid-
ance, that the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test will be taken by ap-
proximately 500,000 students in some 15,000 public and private schools.
The combination of economies achieved through this large volume and
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the cooperation of schools in administering the test to their students
will make possible a fee of one dollar per student.
Replaces Scholarship Qualifying Test: The test will also be open to
seniors who hope to qualify for scholarship programs conducted by
sponsoring businesses, educational societies, and fraternal organizations
which will require the test as part of their selection procedures. In
1958 over 1,600 scholarships were awarded to seniors taking the College
Board's Scholarship Qualifying Test, which will be discontinued this
year in favor of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. Information
on participating scholarship sponsors will be sent to schools this spring
and in the fall.
In deciding on the new program the Trustees cited several benefits
to students and schools in addition to the primary goal of encouraging
earlier and better informed guidance efforts. Among these, it was noted
that the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test will in a very large num-
ber of cases take the place of two tests—the Scholarship Qualifying Test
in the case of seniors and the Scholastic Aptitude Test in the case of a
great many juniors who now take the latter for guidance.
There is abundant evidence that, if present conditions continued, more
and more students would take both the Scholarship Qualifying Test and
the Scholastic Aptitude Test twice, the first time for guidance as juniors
and the second time for scholarships and admission as seniors. The
number of juniors taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test has increased six-
fold during the last five years while the number of seniors taking it has
increased less than threefold. The fact that 126,000 juniors took this
test in 1958 and that 172,000 juniors took the Scholarship Qualifying Test
last October was regarded by the Trustees as a clear indication of school
interest in testing for guidance and of the desirability of a low-cost test
for this purpose.
"The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test will do more than continue
to fill the need of sponsors for a nationally available scholarship screen-
ing instrument," it was pointed out by Board President Frank H. Bowles.
"It will also forestall the alternative development of multiple scholarship
testing by individual sponsors, a possibility that rightfully dismay s schools
which find it hard enough to disrupt their class and activity schedules for
one or two extracurricular tests. Moreover, it is a matter of consider-
able satisfaction to the College Board, and we hope to the students and
their parents, that the PSAT will provide an excellent one dollar substi-
tute for juniors who would otherwise take the seven dollar SAT for guid-
ance purposes. The six dollars saved could be much better applied
against college expenses."
Detailed information on the test: The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test will be a two-hour version of the three-hour Scholastic Aptitude
Test, using the same kinds of multiple-choice questions and measuring
the same verbal and mathematical abilities. It will yield separate verbal
and mathematical scores on a scale ranging from 20 to 80, a gradation
parallel to that of the College Board's standard admissions test scale of
200 to 800. This will make it a simple matter for guidance officers to re-
late the preliminary test scores directly to admissions test score informa-
tion. Interpretive information will be sent to schools with the scores.
The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test will be given on two dates
in 1959: Tuesday, October 20, and Saturday, October 24. A school may
choose either date, but all students of the school must register only for
the one date chosen. A different form (edition) of the test will be used on
each date in order to maintain the security of the test in a manner which
will make it equally fair to students of every school. The school must
agree to administer the form for which it has registered on the designated
date.
The test may be given at any secondary school in the United States and
its territories and possessions. It will be administered by the school
principal or his designated representatives. Arrangements for registra-
tion will be made through the Educational Testing Service (Box 589,
Princeton, N.J.), which will operate the program for the College Board.
Additional information and early registration materials will be sent to
schools in May. Complete information on the test and scholarship spon-
sors will be mailed early in September, at which time schools will be
asked for their final registrations. The test scores will be reported in
December to schools and to the scholarship programs specified by senior
candidates.
COMMITTEE ON ENTRANCE PROCEDURES CREATED
The second action taken by the Trustees was the creation of a permanent
Committee on Entrance Procedures "to study the problems in the area of
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college entrance procedures, to initiate and oversee the collection and
dissemination of information relating to these problems, and to develop
for consideration possible solutions to these problems."
It is expected that the 17-member Committee, working under the
chairmanship of Sidney B. Bennett, Secretary of Admissions of Hamilton
College, will investigate all educational and administrative aspects of an
increasingly complex situation. Involved are such factors as the growing
number of young people who wish to go to college, the confusions and
costs resulting from their uncertainties about admission, the multipli-
cation of these difficulties through the practice of applying to more
colleges than necessary, and the growing diversity of admissions meth-
ods and schedules.
The Committee is broadly representative of schools and colleges. Its
members, in addition to Mr. Bennett include: G. Grenville Benedict,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; Mary E. Chase, Wellesley College;
H. Westcott Cunningham, College of William and Mary; Virginia Deane,
North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, Ill.; Burton W. Dunfield,
Denison University; C. William Edwards, Princeton University; Robert
L. Foose, Westfield (N.J.) High School; O. W. Hascall, University of
Colorado; and Joe Jefferson, Columbia University.
Also, Brother Brendan Joseph, Manhattan College; Richard W.
Mechem, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio; Kenneth L. Peters,
Beverly Hills (Calif.) High School; Rixford K. Snyder, Stanford Univer-
sity; Ann Splitstone, Hollins College; and Harold Zuckerman, Board of
Education of the City of New York.
ceeb College Entrance Examination Board
Post Office Box 592, Princeton, N. J.
Form 3547 requested
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EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE
20 NASSAU STREET, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
TELEPHONE: WALNUT 1-9000 · CABLE: EDUCTESTSVC
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
February 13, 1959
To Principals of Secondary Schools Outside the United States:
On trial basis, the College Entrance Examination Board will make the
new Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test available to interested
secondary schools outside the United States, its territories and
possessions. Details of the PSAT are given in the enclosed news-
letter.
Schools outside the United States who participate in the PSAT should
realize that many - if not all - scholarship sponsors using the test
will not consider their students eligible for awards. However, the
PSAT is an inexpensive guidance instrument especially valuable for
students in their junior year.
Although the Educational Testing Service will make all reasonable
efforts to ship test supplies, principals of schools outside the
United States are cautioned to register early. For this trial year
at least, there will be no charge in addition to the standard fee of
$1.00 per candidate. However, schools are requested to return their
answer sheets by air mail wherever appropriate.
Sincerely yours,
[Signature] ⟦Robert E. Smith⟧
Robert E. Smith
Program Director
RES:mlh
enclosure
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College Entrance
⟦Exa⟧mination Board
A GUIDE TO
T⟦HE⟧ ADVANCED
PLA⟦CE⟧MENT
PROGRAM
AND THE ADVANCED
PLACEMENT
EXAMINATIONS
1958-59
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College Board ⟦logo: cceb⟧ Advanced Placement Examinations 1958-9
Please complete and return this form not later than
November 15 to College Board Advanced Placement
Examinations, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey.
Please do not write in this box
Send via ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Date sent: ⟦line⟧
The total number of students from this school that
will probably be taking the Advanced Placement Ex-
aminations in May 1959 is approximately:
⟦line⟧ students.
⟦line⟧ none, but we have introduced Advanced
Placement courses
⟦line⟧ none, but we are planning to introduce Advanced Placement courses
The estimated numbers of each of the May 1959 Advanced Placement Examinations that students from this
school will take are approximately as follows:
| Examination | Number | Examination | Number |
| American History ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Latin 4 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
| Biology ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Latin 5 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
| Chemistry ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Literature and English | |
| European History ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Composition ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
| French ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Mathematics ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
| German 3 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Physics ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
| German 4 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Spanish ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
The number of copies of the 1958-59 Bulletin of Information, Advanced Placement Examinations that this
school wants sent for use by students taking the examination and by their counselors and teachers is:
⟦line⟧ copies
Note: One copy of the application form with which the student registers for the examination is bound into each copy of
the Bulletin.
This school is interested in receiving (or in continuing to receive) Advanced Placement Program announce-
ments regularly, and would like them addressed to:
Name:
Title:
School:
Address:
Signature:
Note: Submission of this estimate and order form does not constitute registration of students for the examination. Students
register by submitting individual applications.
The address
slip at right
will be used
to mail the
bulletins
ordered.
Please fill
it out
completely.
College Board Advanced Placement Examinations
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey
To::
Postmaster: Educational Materials. Contents fourt' class mail. May be opened for postal inspection.
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⟦...⟧ above ⟦...⟧ conscious ⟦...⟧ the national ⟦...⟧ created by
⟦...⟧ rent ⟦...⟧ of ⟦...⟧ many perplexing aspects for
ents, can⟦...⟧ school guidance offi⟦...⟧ the bewildering variety of
procedures follow⟦...⟧ by America's colleges and universities. Aware of the
broad public interest in these matters, we wish to clarify our common prac-
tices. Complete uniformity is neither possible nor necessarily desirable, but it
is our hope that mutual recognition of the points that follow will facilitate
effective communication between schools and our admissions offices, provide
a more orderly admissions process, and offer an equitable basis for the con-
sideration of candidates.
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1. We expect candidates to file their formal applications in the fall of their senior
year of secondary school and preferably before January first. No preferential
treatment is given for earlier application.
2. We are vitally concerned with the content and quality of secondary school
work, and give recognit⟦ion⟧ to individual programs including "honors" or
"advanced" courses. Such courses must, however, be clearly identified on
transcripts.
3. We ask that a transcript be furnished as early as possible covering the three
year record through the eleventh grade, and expect a supplementary report
on the work of the first half of the senior year. The transcript blank adopted
by the National Association of Secondary School Principals is recommended
whenever our own forms are not used. After our entering classes have been
determined, each of us will ask for end of senior year grades and certification
that prospective matriculants have honorably completed their final semester of
secondary school work. Though not desiring to increase admission pressures
on students, we do wish to support secondary schools in their attempts to
avoid a letdown of reasonable effort in the spring of senior year.
4. We consider a report of rank in class to be an essential part of each school
transcript, and recognize in using this information that school grading systems
and programs vary widely. Admissions officers cannot intelligently judge
grades without some knowledge of these variations and the distribution of the
award of different grades within a given school. To interpret rank in class
properly, it is necessary to know how the rank is computed, which courses
are included, what period is covered, who is included, and what weight is given
to honors or advanced courses. This information should be supplied with each
tr⟦ansc⟧ript. A school refusing to report rank in class restricts our ability to
judge its candidates fairly.
5. We desire a detailed confidential report on each applicant's personal qualities
from a school official familiar with him. Recognizing that our academically
well qualified candidates are considerably in excess of the number of places
available at our institutions, we affirm that qualities other than academic also
play a significant part in our selection process. We recognize the pressures on
schools and the responsibility on ourselves which result from our determination
to consider the “whole” candidate and all those aspects of his environment
which may help predict his development in college and subsequently. Deeply
interested as we are in intellectual promise, we disavow a sole reliance on tran-
scripts and test scores for selection. We beg your continued help and under-
standing in handling this complicated problem.
6. We subscribe fully to the College Entrance Examination Board testing pro-
gram and believe that College Board scores, when used in conjunction with
school grades and interpreted by experienced admissions officers, are the best
widely available objective tests for predicting academic achievement at our
colleges.
7. Though College Entrance Examination Board tes⟦t⟧ing for admissions purposes
is mainly done in the senior year, we recommend that in the spring of the
junior year our candidates also take the College Board Scholastic Aptitude
Test, and Achievement Tests in any subjects which will not be continued in
the senior year.
8. We endorse wholeheartedly the College Entrance Examination Board Candi-
dates Reply Date Agreement establishing a spring date before which candidates
are not required to commit themselves to attend any one of the signatory
institutions. It is strongly felt that if more colleges subscribed to this agree-
ment, one of the most troublesome areas of college admission would be
removed. Officials of schools regularly presenting candidates for College
Board member institutions will, we hope, raise their voices whenever they can
appropriately do so in support of the common reply date principle.
9. We believe that a personal interview when judiciously used can be a ⟦means⟧
of interpreting the institution to the candidate as well as an ⟦opportunity⟧ to
learn something of the candidate’s academic objectives and personal qualities.
That some candidates may not be able to arrange interviews is understandable
and the lack of an interview will not hurt their chances of admission.
10. Because of the pressures of admission committee work each spring, we regret
that interviews cannot be provided at our offices from the first of March to
early May. Campus visits may be made at any time as our offices are prepared
to distribute bulletins and to direct visitors to points of interest on our respec-
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tive campuses throughout the year. We urge visitors desiring to make appoint-
ments in advance to do so in writing and not by person to person telephone
calls to the Director of Admissions. Furthermore, we ask that you advise
visitors not to insist on seeing the Director of Admissions personally as most
interviewing must be handled by his associates.
11. We subscribe to the use of alumni representatives in our second⟦ary s⟧chool pro-
grams and are currently seeking to establish a code which we ho⟦pe⟧ will guide
these representatives in serving schools and candidates effectively.
12. Each of us attempts to enroll a ⟦s⟧tudent body which is broadl⟦y r⟧esentative,
rather than one draw⟦n f⟧rom a narrow segment of society.
13. In awarding financial aid, ⟦we⟧ subscribe to the philosophy that a clear indica-
tion of financial need should be required of all recipients. Each college's
decision on whether to provide assistance is reached independently, prior to a
joint meeting of the eight colleges at which the amount of individual awards
to common candidates is discussed. In general we are relying more heavily
than hitherto on the "self-help" concept, which means more extensive use of
jobs and long term, low interest rate loans as a portion of the total aid offered.
Through the c⟦o⟧nsultation mentioned above and through our common belief
in the conditions under which aid should be granted we seek to reduce com-
petitive bidding for prospective students.
This memorandum has been prepared to help schools in their dealings with
our institutions, each of which fully endorses the statements presented. Some
of these points relate to our internal operations, some ask for procedures in
secon⟦d⟧ary schools which will increase the effectiveness of our relationships,
⟦a⟧nd others concern matters about which you will be advising college-bound
⟦s⟧eniors. In the face of steadily mounting admission pressures, cooperation
⟦b⟧etween schools and colleges is increasingly necessary, and both are subjected
to changes and to more detailed schedules and reports than previously. We
see no way of avoiding these pressures if candidates are to be provided the
thorough, individual consideration we have always tried to give them.
Fall, 1960