Annual report of the Board of Education of School District Number One in the City and County of Denver, Colorado . Normal curve Denver Figure 5. Showing distribution of marks assigned by 1,000 Denverteachers first semester, 1918-1919, in comparison with the probability curve. The skewing of Denver marks to the upper end of the scaleindicates that they are neither marks of ability nor of actual accom-plishment, because so large a number of marks would certainly fallnear the percentages in which it has been shown that human traitsare distributed when large numbers are under consideration. Thisis
Annual report of the Board of Education of School District Number One in the City and County of Denver, Colorado . Normal curve Denver Figure 5. Showing distribution of marks assigned by 1,000 Denverteachers first semester, 1918-1919, in comparison with the probability curve. The skewing of Denver marks to the upper end of the scaleindicates that they are neither marks of ability nor of actual accom-plishment, because so large a number of marks would certainly fallnear the percentages in which it has been shown that human traitsare distributed when large numbers are under consideration. Thisis what we should expect from the different answers given to thoquestion as to what traits teachers have in mind when they assignmarks. Denver Public Schools 7i 60£. Teacher A Teacher B Figure 6. Showing comparison of marks of two teachers of mathematicsin the same high school. 50* . , , ,
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