Relative standing of pupils in the high school and in the university.

  • Walter Dearborn
Date:
1909
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Relative standing of pupils in the high school and in the university. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    work. This group of 472 is then divided into four equal parts, and the first quarter or the first 118 students are represente-] by red numbers; the second quarter of 118 are represented by purple numbers; the third, by green, and the last and in rank the lowest quarter of the group, by black. The average of all the grades that each of these 472 pupils secured in the freshman year of the university has then been calculated for each individual, and the result is again pre- sented in Chart B (Plate I) by placing each student’s number in the proper grade. The colors of the numbers still indicate the quartile to which the student belonged in the high school group, so that it can now be easily determined whether or not any given individual, or to what extent individuals in general, maintained the same relative rank which they had in the high school. The first number, for instance, in grade 92 is 134, (bottom of column) and is colored green. The color indicates’ that this pupil although standing on entrance in the next to the lowest quarter of the high school group has during fresh- man year advanced nearly to the top of the class. Similarly No. 26, (black), in grade 89, is recognized as having been in the lowest quarter of the high school group. On the other hand, Nos. 281, 560 and 270, (red), at the top of the column of grade 80 were originally in the first quarter of the group on the basis of their high school marks. They have dropped in rank during freshman year to the lowest grade of the group. It will be easily observed, however, that the instances just cited of considerable change in the relative rank in the two years compared are the exception rather than the rule, and that the majority have changed their relative rank very little. Most of those, for example, who were in the first quarter of the high school group, (color, red), are also in or near the first quarter of the group in the freshman year. The actual num- ber and percentages of each color in the various quartiles are shown in the tables accompanying the charts. The tables for each plate will be found on the preceding page and are num- bered to correspond to the various charts. The reader may secure, however, from a mere glance at the charts a very good idea of the relation existing between the standing of pupils in the high school and the university classes. If pupils secured the same relative rank in the uni-
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