The Mississippi Enterprise

National Teacher Examinations Given At Tougaloo Saturday 13

The National Teacher Examinations being administered under the auspices of Tougaloo Southern Christian College will be given in Kincheloe Hall lecture room on Saturday February 13, Dean A. A. Branch announced today.

Each of the candidates for the examinations has received a Ticket of Admission advising him of the address to which he should report to take the examination.

All candidates for the Common Examinations will report to the examination center indicated on their Ticket of Admission at 8:30 a. m. Saturday morning and will complete these examinations at approximately 12:30 p. m. Dean Branch will supervise the administration of the tests which are prepared annually by Educational Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey.

Candidates for Optional Examinations will return to the examination center at 1:30 p. m. Saturday. Those taking only one Optional Examination will complete their testing at about 3:15 p. m. and those taking two Optional Examinations will finish at about 4:45 p. m.

Most of those taking the National Teacher Examinations are college seniors preparing to teach or teachers applying for positions in school systems which encourage or require applicants to submit their scores on the National Teacher Examinations along with their other credentials, Dean Branch said.

He pointed out, however, that some candidates may be taking the examinations because of their interest in discovering their own strengths and weaknesses with respect to such teacher qualifications as are measured by the tests. The Common Examinations include tests in Professional Information, General Culture, English Expression, and Non-verbal Reasoning. Each of the eleven Optional Examinations offered is designed to demonstrate mastery of subject matter in the field of elementary education or in subjects commonly taught in the high schools of the country.