Scope and Contents: Pamphlets and booklets on all aspects of the public schools, including administration, curriculum, and staffing. The collection was maintained by the reference section of the Bureau of Reference, Research, and Statistics (BRRS) and successor bureaus. Consisting primarily of publications by the Board of Education, the collection also includes related publications by state and federal agencies and educational organizations.

Scope and Contents: A series of printed publications on educational and administrative issues. Included are publications issued (1914-1918) by the Bureau under its former name, Division of Reference and Research, as well as publications of the Bureau of Reference, Research, and Statistics (BRRS) (1919-1947), numbered in the same sequence. Topics range from studies of pupils’ progress through the grades, and statistical measures of “maladjustment,” to standards for teaching of penmanship, and analysis of programs...

Scope and Contents: Reports, generally typescript, prepared by the Bureau’s Research Division. Included are reports on a wide variety of educational and administrative issues, prepared in response to requests from the Superintendent of Schools or members of the Board of Education. Topics range from a study of the ability of children in map reading and a study of non-promotion in first grade to an analysis of the costs of a proposed teacher salary increase. A substantial number of reports relate to testing programs...