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In 1905 French psychologist Alfred Binet began developing a standardized test of intelligence, work that would eventually be incorporated into a version of the modern IQ test, dubbed the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. By World War I, standardized testing was standard practice: aptitude quizzes called Army Mental Tests were conducted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standardized Testing | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

The SAT and the ACT are by far the most famous standardized tests today. The SAT came first, founded in 1926 as the Scholastic Aptitude Test by the College Board, a nonprofit group of universities and other educational organizations. The original test lasted 90 minutes and consisted of 315 questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standardized Testing | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

In Egypt, the response can be more immediate. Nongovernmental organizations such as the Hotline for Migrant Workers and the African Refugee Development Center say that Egyptian border police have shot dead several hundred migrants seeking to cross the border into Israel for work and asylum over the past few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dangers Await Africans Seeking Asylum in Israel | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

The case against David Headley, 49, the American accused of helping plan the November 2008 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, fills in several of the missing links about how the attacks were planned and executed with such precision. Because two Indian men on trial in Mumbai for providing intelligence were arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alleged Chicago Jihadi: Key Role in the Mumbai Attacks? | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

That plot supposedly gelled with Headley's contributions. By late 2007, he had allegedly made three sets of "photographs, videos and oral descriptions" of targets in Mumbai, providing enough information to set the rest of the plan in motion. A native of Mumbai, Ansari, investigators said, returned from his LeT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alleged Chicago Jihadi: Key Role in the Mumbai Attacks? | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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