The History and Operation of Cedarville College

b) Testing Services. Cedarville College is rapidly building up an efficient and comprehensive testing program. 27 Due to the cost of administration of such tests and because of the short time which the college under its present management has oper– ated, it has been unable to require pre-admission tests. Its present intention is to enter the American College Testing Program as soon as possible. This will enable the Admissions Committee to use more discretion in the selection of applicants. c) Orientation. During the period of orientation all new students, regardless of class levelt are given a battery of tests all on the college level. General academic proficiency is determined by the College Qualifications Tests which are published by the Psychological Corpor - ation. These tests and the Davis 1 Reading Tests are given by about sixty of the members of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges, Norms are available from this particular group and have been used long enough to furnish dependable information for both the guidance and the supervision of our instructional program. In addition to the above mentioned tests, all entering students take the Language Usage test published by Cooperative Tests Service. On the basis of these results the freshman students are sectioned in English classes where the requirements are compatible with their ability. The Brown-Carlson Listening Test is given in order to acquaint the faculty with the ability of each student to comprehend the spoken word. At a later date, the Henman-Nelson tests of mental ability for