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Subseries 5: Reports of Regents Examinations for Teachers Certificates

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These are reports of the "uniform" examinations for teachers given each August beginning in 1887. These examinations could be used to apply towards several types of teaching certificates not requiring professional teacher training, such as the rural school renewable certificates (see subseries 7 below) and elementary and academic certificates. They were also occasionally taken by students enrolled in training classes (see subseries 4 above). Elementary certificates were issued one time for two years upon completion of examinations and were valid only in a single elementary school. They could be extended if the holder passed additional examinations in the pursuit of a higher level of certificate. Academic certificates required possession of a Regents academic diploma certified by passage of Regents examinations. They were valid only at a single school for three years, and could be extended by passage of examinations towards a State life certificate. Each report gives the following information: date and place of examination; certificate of school commissioner (pre-1912) or district superintendent (1912+) and examination deputies that examination rules were followed. For each candidate the following information is given: name; age; address; location of any previous examination; and scores in examination subjects such as spelling, arithmetic, elementary botany, ancient history, civics, psychology, school law, or methods of teaching.