New York State Regents Examinations in Mathematics

Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.

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Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination, University of the State of New York, 192D High School Examination, June, 1907.
Examination notes.
Examination notes.

Object Details

maker

University of the State of New York

Description

The Regents of the University of the State of New York began planning examinations to test the accomplishments of students leaving high schools and academies in the 1860s, and continue to give such examinations today. These examples of the Regents Examinations date from between 1907 and 1919. They were collected by Brooklyn high school mathematics teacher L. Leland Locke.

The tests are:

1. Arithmetic, June 18, 1907 (sheet)

2. Advanced Arithmetic, June 18, 1907 (sheet)

3. Elementary Algebra, June 17, 1907 (sheet)

4. Intermediate Algebra, June 17, 1907 (sheet)

5. Advanced Algebra, June 17, 1907 (sheet)

6. Plane Geometry, June 18, 1907 (sheet)

7. Solid Geometry, June 17, 1907 (sheet)

8. Trigonometry, June 18, 1907 (sheet)

9. Elementary Algebra, January 18, 1915 (sheet)

10. Plane Geometry, June 15, 1915 (sheet)

11. Elementary Algebra, January 23, 1917 (sheet)

12. Plane Geometry, January 24, 1918 (sheet)

13. Elementary Algebra, January 22, 1918 (sheet)

14. Plane Geometry, January 23, 1919 (sheet)

Also included under the number (subindex number .15) is a sheet with handwritten equations.

Reference:

Nancy Beadie, “From Student Markets to Credential Markets: The Creation of the Regents Examination System in New York State, 1864–1890,” History of Education Quarterly, 39, no. 1 (Spring, 1999), pp. 1–30.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Grove City College

date made

1907-1919

ID Number

2011.0129.08

accession number

2011.0129

catalog number

2011.0129.08

Object Name

tests, group of

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1.5 cm x 12.9 cm x 20.4 cm; 19/32 in x 5 3/32 in x 8 1/32 in

place made

United States: New York

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Education

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6152-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1408578