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TABLE 4. — Understanding of Sentences 

 Score of grades 3 to 8 in eighteen cities. Also the median score. 



Grade 



City- 



Median 



Number of children . 



5.48 



6. 18 

 4.91 



5.46 

 4.22 

 5.00 



6.36 

 6.00 

 5.48 

 4.40 

 4.89 



5.38 

 5.54 



5.48 



1 ,650 



8.00 

 5.40 

 7.20 

 6.00 

 5.70 



6.36 

 6.36 

 5.71 

 7. 18 

 5.48 



7. 16 

 6.64 



8. 18 

 5.62 

 6.78 



6.56 

 5.63 



6.56 



8.33 

 6.76 

 8.56 

 8.20 

 6.86 



7. 16 

 7.48 

 8.36 

 8.56 



8.98 

 7.32 

 8.98 



7. 16 



8.70 

 7.36 

 8.71 

 8.90 

 8.91 



8.56 

 8.90 

 8.36 

 9.00 

 8.36 



9. 10 

 7.82 

 9.51 

 8.00 

 7.98 



9.08 

 8.36 

 8.37 



7.56 



8.46 



9.00 

 8.98 

 8.96 

 9.22 



8. 18 



8.96 

 9.22 

 8.56 

 8.50 

 8.82 



9.48 

 8.56 

 9.91 

 8.00 

 7.65 



9. 14 

 8.43 

 8.62 



8.72 



2,095 



2 ,028 



1 ,860 



1 ,625 



10.00 

 9.06 

 8.47 

 9.48 

 9.00 



9.48 

 8.36 

 10.00 

 9.00 

 8.56 



9. 18 

 8. 18 

 9.69 



9.00 



1 ,313 



Thira 



Fourth 



Fifth 



Sixth 



Seventh 



Eighth 



College 



No of 



Children I6W 



2026 



1660 



FIGURE I — Visual Vocabulary. Median score of all children in 

 grades 3 to 8. Also median scores for each grade in cities 14 and 13. 

 Figures on ordinate indicate steps (lines) on scale. 



