PAPERS OX PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION 511 



THE IXTELLIGEXCE QU( )TIEXT— ITS ACCUR- 

 ACY AS A MEANS OF CLASSIFYIXG AND 

 GRADING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 



W. P. MoRGAX, Presidext OF Westerx Illinois State 

 Teachers College 



I. gexeral statemext of coxditioxs 



The Western Illinois State Teachers College has a 

 small High School or Academy as a practice school for 

 students who are preparing to teach in high school. 



In the fall of 1921, sixty-nine eighth grade graduates 

 presented themselves for entrance to the ninth grade in 

 this high school. Less than sixty could be accommo- 

 dated. All were given scale B, form 1, of the National 

 Intelligence Test. The following chart gives the I. Q. 's 

 (intelligence quotients) of the fifteen students who ap- 

 plied for admission, but for reasons stated below the 

 charts are not now in school. 



In the charts and discussion in this paper each of the 

 sixty-nine students is given an identitication number in 

 lieu of his real name. 



A chart showing the I. Q.'s of the students who took the exami- 

 nation and did not complete the work of a quarter, with reasons. 



8, 13, 30, and 55 were not admitted. 



4, 10. IS, 25. 31, 41, 46, 52. 56, 57. and 67 did not appear for entrance. 



23 died. 



22 dropped out because of 23's illness. 



3, 27, and 47 dropped out because of failure to do the work. 



36 became ill. 



33, 35, 43, and 62 dropped out without definite reason. 



The fifty-four who entered were divided into two sec- 

 tions of twenty-seven each. The students with the 

 higher I. Q.'s were put in section one while the students 

 with the lower I. Q.'s Avere put in section two. At the 

 present time twenty-five students from the original sec- 



