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TABLE 8. — Visual Vocabulary 



Showing by half-grades the number and per cent of seventh grade 

 children of two cities scoring each line. 



Line 



City 14 



City 9 



7A 



7B 



7A 



7B 



No. 



Per cent 



No. 



Per cent 



No. 



Per cent 



No. 



Per cent 



Below 4 











1 



1 







4 



1 

 3 



1 



3 



1 



4 



1 



4 







5 



2 



3 







6 



9 



8 



21 



23 



2 



3 



7 



8 



-7 



30 



28 



34 



36 



31 



36 



30 



36 



8 



18 



17 



4 



5 



10 



12 



18 



22 



9 



34 



32 



18 



19 



26 



30 



22 



26 



10.5 



12 



11 



11 



12 



13 



15 



7 



8 



Totals 



107 





93 





85 





84 





TABLE 9. — Understanding of Sentences 



Showing by half-grades the number and per cent of seventh grade 

 children of two cities scoring each set. 







City 



14 





City 9 



7A 



7B 



■ 7A 



7B 



No. 



Per cent 



No. 



Per cent 



No. 



Per cent 



No. 



Per cent 



Below Set A 







1 



1 











Set A or 4 



1 



1 



7 



8 



1 



1 



1 



1 



Set B or 6 



8 



7 



14 



15 



3 



4 



2 



3 



Set C or 8 



60 



56 



48 



52 



38 



44 



43 



55 



Set D or 10 



37 



35 



22 



24 



44 



51 



32 



41 



Totals 



106 





92 





86 





78 





All of the grades have children of ability 6 and 8, while each 

 of the grades 3 to 5 contains children of the ability of Set A or 4, 

 and each of grades 3 to 8 contains children of ability of Set D or 10. 

 For the whole series of grades the average intergrade interval for 

 the understanding of sentences is .7 of one step or .35 of the dis- 



