. Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . ^. COURTIS TESTS IN ARITHMETIC 48: be increased. In other words, adjustment of drill should be made onthe basis of the measured needs of the individual. The particular formof practice a given child may need must, as ever, be determined bv thewisdom of the teacher. The oral drill that will be eftective with onewill prove utterly futile with another; but in standard tests and standardscores, the teacher has at least a means of diagnosis of individual de-fects that will enable him to concentrate his
. Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . ^. COURTIS TESTS IN ARITHMETIC 48: be increased. In other words, adjustment of drill should be made onthe basis of the measured needs of the individual. The particular formof practice a given child may need must, as ever, be determined bv thewisdom of the teacher. The oral drill that will be eftective with onewill prove utterly futile with another; but in standard tests and standardscores, the teacher has at least a means of diagnosis of individual de-fects that will enable him to concentrate his efforts where theywill do the most good, and a method of measuring the resultsof any efforts he may make. He need no longer drill the able fruit-lessly, nor fail to help the weak. The Comparative Graph The problem of ministering thus closely to the needs of fortv tofifty children is a serious one; but the facts presented above make itcertain that along this path only is there hope of improvement. The -MiiiMi tHi uTTiii n nfii r--r-rir 1-,—1-L-.;^-*.!-^—■.. 8. RcMoning Altcmpu RiCba 0. INSTRUCTIONSFiad OD the proper tc^le for eacb te«l the point corretDoodin^ to tb« grade everagtjoin point to poiat. The curve of any trade io a Good icbool or of a Good tcKolicbe bouadriea for that trade. Exce leoce it ahowo by balance as well aa hy bi^b icorea. !>« tcalo arc b««»d b9» Scaadvd Score* derived Iroa cbe oeesvrtaeal of aiee t!iea*a»d chOdrea ta eixtr difi idiridaal aeore (or that lot,Ibe (rade will lie wboUy wi Fig. XXIX Comparative graph sheet based upon standard scores. The scales for each test areso drawn that the standard score for any grade falls directly underneath the heavy line the curve drawn from the standard scores. The lighter line repre-sents the actual average scores made by a certain sixth grade class in a New Yorkpublic school. The cur^-e shows that this particular class does well in abstract work,but is low in reasoning. 486 EDUCA
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