Leaflet, Directions for Pressey First Grade Word Reading Test
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Pressey, L. W.
label: publisher
content: Public School Publishing Company
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content: This is the direction sheet for forms A and B of Luella C. Pressey’s first grade word reading test. In the first part of the test, there are fifteen lists, each with five words. The examiner names one of the words and the child is to draw a circle around the word read. In the second part, there are sentences. The examiner reads a word from each sentence and the child is to circle it.
label: Description
content: Compare 1990.0034.135, which is not identical. The test seems to be from about 1930, although it is undated. For other tests by Pressey, see MA.316371.053, 1990.0034.136, 1990.0034.138, and 1990.0034.139.
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content: Reference:
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content: McElwee, Edna Willis. "A Study of Retardation and Special Instruction in Reading." <I>The Elementary School Journal</I>, 1931, 32, # 2, p. 137. This refers to administration of the “Pressey First Grade Word Reading Test” in 1931.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Bloomington
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Psychological Tests
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Samuel Kavruck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.137
label: accession number
content: 1990.0034
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0034.137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Leaflet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.2 cm x 23 cm; 5 31/32 in x 9 1/16 in