Psychological Test, Progressive Reading Tests - Advanced Form A

Description:

Ernest W. Tiegs (1891-1970), the coauthor of this diagnostic test of reading, was born in Wisconsin. He served as a principal and superintendent in the public schools of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota; and also did graduate work in education at the University of Minnesota, completing his M.A. in 1921 and his PhD. in 1927. He then went to the University of Southern California as a member of the faculty in education and head of the university college, the downtown division of USC. By 1945, Tiegs was the editor-in-chief of the California Test Bureau. He would later be affiliated with Los Angeles State College (now California State University Los Angeles).

Willis W. Clark (1895-1964), the other author, received his A.B. (1916), A.M. (1918) and doctorate in education (1941) from the University of Southern California. He held a variety of positions in the Los Angeles public schools and at USC. He developed a diagnostic test in fundamentals of arithmetic for the L.A. Schools, and his wife, Ethel M. Clark, set out to market it to school districts around the country. The following year, she received an order from the Kansas City schools, and the California Test Bureau was born. Both Tiegs and Willis Clark published their tests with the company and would serve as administrators for it.

This particular object is the 1943 edition of the Progressive Reading Tests – Advance Form A. The test is copyrighted 1934, 1937, and 1943. It is intended for grades nine through adults.

References:

Ernest Walter Tiegs,A Study of Common School Support in the State of New Jersey M.A. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1921 – published in “Studies in “Public School Finance: The East”, Research Publications of the University of Minnesota, Education Series No.2, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota,1923, pp. 160-210.

Ernest W. Tiegs, An Evaluation of Some Techniques of Teacher Selection, PhD. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1927.

U.S. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 88th Congress, Part I, vol. 109, Part 15, pp. 20274-20275.

“U.S.C. Completes Faculty,” Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1927. The article lists new appointments at the University of Southern California. Ernest W. Tiegs of the Minneapolis public schools has been named assistant professor of education and head of university college.

Mark Walsh, “Quiz Biz,” Education Week, June 16, 1999 The article discusses the history of businesses marketing tests in the U.S. It may be found online (accessed May 2020).

Date Made: 1943

Author: Clark, Willis W.Tiegs, Ernest W.Maker: California Test Bureau

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: MathematicsPsychological Tests

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics

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Credit Line: Gift of David Gold

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1989.0710.40Catalog Number: 1989.0710.40Accession Number: 1989.0710

Object Name: Psychological Test

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1e46-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_692533

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