Ability, Merit, and Measurement: Mental Testing and English Education 1880-1940

By Gillian Sutherland

The early chapters deal with the assessment and treatment of children with mental handicap, an issue drawn into prominence by the advent of compulsory elementary education for a very diverse population. The remaining chapters trace ttempts to measure and discriminate between the abilities of normal children.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198226322
• ISBN13: 9780198226321
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 346 Pages