Teaching elementary school subjects . hadbeen used in Elmira for two years, and had radically improvedthe quality of the penmanship. This difference furnishes thebest argument for the value of a standard scale to any schoolsystem. IV. Results of the Standard Tests REASONABLE HANDWRITING STANDARDS .... Grades I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 Speed 20 31 38 47 S7 6S 75 83 Quality 6-S 7-5 9-3 Quality 27 33 37 43 53 57 6S ?Letters written per minute. ^Quality as measured by the Thomdike scale. ^Qualitj as measured by the Ayres scale. Doctor Starch, in his book on Educational Measurements-—giv
Teaching elementary school subjects . hadbeen used in Elmira for two years, and had radically improvedthe quality of the penmanship. This difference furnishes thebest argument for the value of a standard scale to any schoolsystem. IV. Results of the Standard Tests REASONABLE HANDWRITING STANDARDS .... Grades I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 Speed 20 31 38 47 S7 6S 75 83 Quality 6-S 7-5 9-3 Quality 27 33 37 43 53 57 6S ?Letters written per minute. ^Quality as measured by the Thomdike scale. ^Qualitj as measured by the Ayres scale. Doctor Starch, in his book on Educational Measurements-—gives a slide-rule de-vice for getting a combined mark for both speed and quality. Any method must be judged by its results. If the use ofthe standard test in penmanship will produce a radical im-provement in the quality of the writing of school children, itis worth while. Its effect on a normal seventh grade appearsin the following chart: IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF HANDWRITING MADE BY A SEVENTH GRADE CLASS FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE BOYS. GIRLS wM/mmm^ ? .<//?/?: ?;?/ |M n y///////////////////Ai ;M^MM%^^^i%Mm^ 9 W///M////Mm^^ M^M^M^^M^^ A W/MW/M^ v////////////////////^^^^^ r W//////////////M^ .< ?? ? r/ K . ? : •- il2 mmmmm^mmm^ W//W/////MM^ %%m<m%m%m?;%%^ 89 Z^/^/^/Z^/^^^^^^^^ mM/M//mm^///A\^ ^;M^^^^i^^^^?^io -. - • • • •) wy///////////////M\^ • ..|M 5;%;5%%%;%%;%<;%%%3 1 1 ,-•- . j 10 ^Mi^^i^^i^B ••,.• ..,, ^ ...113 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 This boy showed no improvement. lOO HANDWRITING lOI The figures at the left represent the numbering of theboys and girls in the class. At the right, the upper figureindicates the quality of each pupils writing in September,while the lower figure shows the same fact for the followingMay. In the scale employed, the standard specimens weregraded from i to 20, so the figures as given on the chartshould be multiplied by 5 if they are to be reduced to thesame basis as that employed in the scale by Doctor Ayres. That a simil
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