Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Problems in Elementary School Administration: A Constructive Study Applied to New York City
Hree important contemporary problems in the ad ministration of elementary schools are treated in this volume by a method which is commending itself increasingly to students of Education, and has a Special significance for all officers of school administration and supervision. These problems arise when the estabhsment of intermediate schools (or junior high schools) is under consideration; when we seek to ascertain what a satisfactory rate of promotion is, and under what conditions we may hope for a maximum rate of promotion; and when we try to secure age-grade standards that will yield as usable and valid information concerning the number of normal-age, over-age, and under-age children in the schools: and the method employed in dealing with these problems is the statistical or objective method - the method that 15 free from personal bias or general Opinion, and seeks to arrive at valid conclusions on the basis of incontestable and well-organized data.
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