No. 1.] 



PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 



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the first two columns, pass him as literate without examining the third column. If his score 

 is less than 34, examine the third column (composed of words of sixth grade difficulty). A 

 score of 47 or better on the three columns constitutes a pass. 



KELLEY LITERACY TEST. 



Name 



What company do you belong to 



What regiment do you belong to 



In the columns below write a F after every word that means a. flower. 



• Age. 



Write a W after every word 

 Write a G after every word 

 Write a T after every word 



army... 

 brave... 

 when... 

 bullet... 

 navy. . . 

 at once . 

 black... 

 honest.. 



lily 



camp... 

 kind 



hat means something about war or fighting. 



hat means something good to be or do. 



ike now or then that means something to do with time. 



( 



daisy. . . 

 early. . . 

 fight.... 

 general . 

 troops.. 



tulip 



violet ( 



commander ( 



clean ( 



fort ( 



buttercup ( 



gun ( 



clover ( 



hour ( 



truthful ( 



captain ( 



primrose ( 



early ( 



minute ( 



defeat ( 



afternoon ( 



noble ( 



) late 



) while 



) before 



) guard 



) morning... 



) captive... 



) lilac 



) whenever. 



) fair 



) evening. . . 



) worthy 



) afterward.. 



) military... 



) soon 



) meantime. 



) last 



) generous... 



colonel 



year 



fortress 



defend 



carnation... 



worthy 



first 



cavalry 



Wednesday. 



heroic 



tuesday 



never 



useful 



conquer 



aster 



battery 



instant 



(3) DEVENS LITERACY TEST. 



Directions. — Pass the papers face down. Say: "Write your name plainly on the blank 

 sheet before you. Below your name write your company and your regiment. Now turn your 

 papers over." 



"Now look at the first question at the top of the page, 'Do dogs bark?'; the answer is 

 yes, so a line is drawn under the word yes following that question. 



"Now look at the second question, 'Is coal white?'; here the answer is no. Coal is not 

 white, so a line is drawn under no after that question. 



"Down below on the page are a great many more questions; some of them are easy and 

 some are hard, but all can be answered by either no or yes. 



"Read these questions carefully one at a time and mark the answers to as many of them 

 as you can. 



"Remember, draw a line under the right answer (either no or yes) after each question that 

 you can answer. When you are not sure you may guess. You will have five minutes. Go 

 ahead!" 



Score is the number of correct, minus the number of incorrect responses. Omissions do 

 not count, either right or wrong. No score less than zero to be given. 



Notice that one stencil will serve for all four forms of the test and that a correct set of 

 answers for a given block of questions may be identified by eye. A perfect score in the second 

 block, for example, may be identified by remembering 1 — 2 — 3 — 1. 



Tentative norms for form 1 , printed. — The following norms are derived from the scrores of 

 947 children in the Medford, Mass., schools and 99 students in Cornell University: 



Below 6. Illiterate. 



6 to 20 .Primary. 



21 to 25 Grammar. 



26 to 30 - Junior high school. 



31 to 35 .Senior high school. 



36 to 42 -. College. 



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