Tests, New York City Examinations for Teachers
date: label: date made
content: 1909-1928
name: label: maker
content: City of New York
notes: label: Description
content: These four licensing examinations and pamphlet were given by the Department of Education of the City of New York between 1909 and 1911 and between 1922 and 1928. Passing these examinations entitled elementary school teachers to a one-year “License No. 1.” This could be renewed for two years at the discretion of the Borough Superintendent of Schools. Teachers would then seek a higher level of licensing. The tests and pamphlet are:
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content: 1. History and Principles, January, 1909(sheet)
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content: 2. History and Principles, June, 1911(sheet)
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content: 3. Practical Tests-Drawing, June, 1911(sheet)
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content: 4. English, January, 1912(sheet)
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content: 5. Questions Asked in Examinations for License No. 1, Jan. 1922 to June 1928 (pamphlet)
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content: The materials were the property of Brooklyn school teacher L. Leland Locke.
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content: References:
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content: <I> Journal of the Board of Education of the City of New York</I>, New York: Borough of Manhattan, 1898, p. 187.
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content: <I>By-Laws of the Board of Education of the City of New York</I>, New York: Borough of Manhattan, 1904, p. 118, 120.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Psychology
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Grove City College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0129.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tests, group of
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: .3 cm x 15.4 cm x .3 cm; 1/8 in x 6 1/16 in x 1/8 in