Early Peace Corps Placement Test (1963)
Peace Corps Placement Test published in 1963 by Educational Testing Service of Princeton, NJ and Los Angeles, CA. A “non-competitive” requirement in the early days of the agency, with no passing or failing grades, ostensibly to be used to match applicants with assignments. Composed of the following sections: a 30-minute General Aptitude Test with three types of problems (verbal, mathematical, and spatial); a 30-minute Modern Language Aptitude Test; and [optional] one-hour achievement tests in Spanish and French. The tests were first administered in 1961 at post offices; by 1963 they were also administered on college campuses. 4to, paper wraps, 48 pages. Along with the original manila mailing envelope. The test has the unique identifying number 17994 stamped in red on the upper right of the cover. Some rubbing and bumping to the manila envelope; the test itself is unmarked and clean.
Peace Corps Placement Test published in 1963 by Educational Testing Service of Princeton, NJ and Los Angeles, CA. A “non-competitive” requirement in the early days of the agency, with no passing or failing grades, ostensibly to be used to match applicants with assignments. Composed of the following sections: a 30-minute General Aptitude Test with three types of problems (verbal, mathematical, and spatial); a 30-minute Modern Language Aptitude Test; and [optional] one-hour achievement tests in Spanish and French. The tests were first administered in 1961 at post offices; by 1963 they were also administered on college campuses. 4to, paper wraps, 48 pages. Along with the original manila mailing envelope. The test has the unique identifying number 17994 stamped in red on the upper right of the cover. Some rubbing and bumping to the manila envelope; the test itself is unmarked and clean.
Peace Corps Placement Test published in 1963 by Educational Testing Service of Princeton, NJ and Los Angeles, CA. A “non-competitive” requirement in the early days of the agency, with no passing or failing grades, ostensibly to be used to match applicants with assignments. Composed of the following sections: a 30-minute General Aptitude Test with three types of problems (verbal, mathematical, and spatial); a 30-minute Modern Language Aptitude Test; and [optional] one-hour achievement tests in Spanish and French. The tests were first administered in 1961 at post offices; by 1963 they were also administered on college campuses. 4to, paper wraps, 48 pages. Along with the original manila mailing envelope. The test has the unique identifying number 17994 stamped in red on the upper right of the cover. Some rubbing and bumping to the manila envelope; the test itself is unmarked and clean.
