Self-administered assessment 1918
Army Alpha, Form 5
Eight-section group examination
The assessment
The complete eight-section Form 5 combines spoken directions, arithmetic, practical judgment, vocabulary, sentence ordering, number series, analogies, and general information. Each section follows its own timing and response format.
- Directions
- Arithmetic
- Verbal reasoning
- General information
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Origins
Army Alpha was developed during the First World War by the U.S. Army’s psychological examining program, led by Robert M. Yerkes. It made large-scale written group testing a central tool for examining recruits. Form 5 and its directions were reproduced in the early Army testing manuals.