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Subseries 4: Reports of Examinations for Training Class Certificates

Scope and Content Note:

Training classes were one year teacher training programs in union free schools or academies, primarily intended to supply rural school districts with elementary school teachers having a minimal amount of professional training. Entrance into a training class required graduation from an elementary school and some high school education. Certificates were valid in any school district not maintaining an academic department. Each report gives the following information: date; name and address of district superintendent of schools; name, number, and county of superintendency district; and statement of district superintendent, school principal, and examination deputies that examination rules were followed. For each student the following information was given: name; address; location of any previous examination; scores in examination subjects such as writing, arithmetic, school law, psychology, or methods in reading/writing/spelling; number of weeks attended each term; reason if attended fewer than required number of weeks; and "department notes" ("cond. arith," "cond. rem.," "cond. not rem.") Some entries are annotated to indicate if a student is entitled to a certificate or should return to the training class.