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Raymond Franzen
1895–1965
A Harvard- and Columbia-trained education researcher, he wrote early 20th-century studies on school performance, textbook selection, intelligence testing, and child health. His work sits at the crossroads of educational measurement and school health reform.
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About the author
Born in 1895 and active in the first half of the 20th century, Raymond Franzen was an American writer and researcher whose books focused on education and child well-being. His early study The Accomplishment Ratio was published through Teachers College, Columbia University in 1922 and identifies him as holding degrees from Harvard and Columbia.
Franzen's published work shows a strong interest in how schools measure learning and support students. His books include Textbook Selection (1922, with F. B. Knight), contributions to Intelligence Tests and School Reorganization (1923), Physical Measures of Growth and Nutrition (1929), and An Evaluation of School Health Procedures (1933).
Taken together, his writing reflects a period when educators were trying to apply statistics, testing, and public-health thinking to school life. While detailed biographical information is scarce in the sources reviewed, his bibliography makes clear that he was a notable voice in educational psychology and school health research.