Word: ceeb
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...impractical, however, both because of the prohibitive cost and the shortage of qualified people. An alternative would be to spread out the applications, so present staffs could read them throughout the year, rather than in a mad four-week race. Technically, at least, this would be immediately possible. The CEEB approved a September test series at its recent meeting; other exams could also be added making it possible for college applicants to take the Boards at almost any time of the year. It is also possible, with a reasonable degree of accuracy, to predict what a student who takes...
...Fixing requirements for mathematics and the sciences will be relatively simple," Hanson said, referring to the new CEEB plan passed Wednesday, "but the language and English requirements may give trouble...
...warned that the CEEB and its member colleges may disagree over the definition of an elementary course. This definition must be acceptable to the Harvard Faculty before the admissions office here can use the test's results in the fall of 1956, the year the plan goes into operation...
Hanson pointed out that the CEEB program contains the proviso that individual colleges have the right to accept or reject the results of the new tests...
...broadening the eligibility for the advance tests in the hands of the CEEB, advance placement has changed from a faculty-to-faculty process to a student-to-college process. Hanson feels the new program will also let hundreds of self-taught students apply for advance placement...