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Abstract

This collection consists of mid-20th century psychological assessments, aptitude tests, career and technical training exams, and subject area exams by grade level. Special focus on tests authored by researchers, teachers, and officials from New York.

Scope and Contents This series contains tests authored by individuals and agencies related to New York State (8 folders). Exams include Regents Scholarship Examination (1946-1949), Junior High School Survey Tests (1950-1962), Test for New York State Elementary Schools (1942, 1962, and 1967). Also included are tests by CUNY-related faculty, Jacob S. Orleans, Associate Professor of Education at College of the City of New York, and Albert J. Harris, Professor of Education at Queens College. Further there are...

Scope and Contents

Tests include the Test Rapido Barranquilla Barsit (1957), a general ability screening test for Spanish-speaking adults and promoted by Elvira Calvo of the Puerto Rican Community Development Project, and the New York City Language Assessment Battery LAB (1976) for grades K-12 for Spanish and English proficiency from the Board of Education of the City of New York.

Scope and Contents

Five folders as follows:
NY State I: Regents Exams
NY State II: Junior HS
NY State III: Junior HS
NY State IV: Elementary
NY State V: Elementary

Scope and Contents Tests include “Haggerty-Olson-Wickman Behavior Rating Schedules: Scales for the Study of Behavior Problems and Problem Tendencies in Children” (1930), co-authored by E.K. Wickman, The Commonwealth Fund; “Wechsler Memory Scale” (1948) by David Wechsler, Bellevue Hospital; “Cooperative French Test” (1939) co-authored by Jacob Greenberg, Director of Foreign Languages for NYC High Schools; “Cooperative Algebra Test: Elementary Algebra through Quadratics” (1948) co-authored by Henry H. Shanholt,...

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Tests by CUNY-related faculty. Includes the “Orleans-Solomon Latin Prognosis Test” (1926), co-authored by Jacob S. Orleans, Associate Professor of Education at College of the City of New York; and the “Harris Tests of Lateral Dominance” (1958) in English and French by Albert J. Harris, Professor of Education at Queens College.