Historical Tests and Assessments Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SCA-0120

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of psychological assessments, aptitude tests, career and technical training exams, and subject area exams by grade level. Included are select exams from the University of the State of New York, such as the Regents Scholarship Examination (1946-1949) and the Junior High School Survey Tests (1950-1966). Tests authored by City University of New York faculty, New York City Board of Education administrators, New York public school teachers, city government offices, and other education-related institutions in New York provide examples of testing and assessment practices from mid-20th century New York. A select assortment of exams by topic area serve to highlight testing and assessment trends on a national level. Finally, a small set of elementary school tests (1963-1966) from the Departamento de Instrucción Pública of Puerto Rico give a sense of education in Puerto Rico during a period of high migration from the island to New York City.

Dates

1927 - 1980

Language of Materials

Majority of materials in English; some in Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please email QC.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproductions may be provided to users to support research and scholarship. However, collection use is subject to all copyright laws. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Extent

0.834 Linear Feet (2 standard size document cases.)

Additional Description

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.

Arrangement

The is an "artificial" collection and is arranged based on test authorship.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The tests and assessments were selected from a larger circulating collection of the former Education Curriculum Center (ECC) at Rosenthal Library. Tests and assessments were actively collected from the college’s founding to approximately 1990 and overseen by past Education Librarians Eve Miller and Virginia Nordstrom. The ECC was disbanded in 2018.