Introduction 



In May, 1915, 20 Indiana cities gave the Thorndike^ reading 

 tests to the children of grades 3 to 8. In November, 1915, 22 

 cities gave to the same grades a series of tests designed to sup- 

 plement the original Thorndike tests and to make them more 

 serviceable instruments for measuring reading ability. The 

 results from these several testings were graded in part by the teach- 

 ing corps of the cities giving the tests, and were then collected at 

 Indiana University. Here all the records were checked. In the 

 cases of some schools, the results were found to be dependable 

 as reported. In other cases, the work was all done over from the 

 grading of the individual papers of the children to the computa- 

 tion of class, grade, and school scores. 



Following is the list of cities cooperating, together with the 

 name of the superintendent: 



Alexandria Supt. A. L. Trester 



Anderson^ Supt. W. A. Denny 



Bloomington Supt. H. L. Smith 



Blufeton Supt. P. A, Allen 



Columbia City Supt. J. C. Saunders 



Crown Point Supt. W. S. Painter 



Decatur Supt. C. E. Spaulding 



East Chicago Supt. E. N. Canine 



Elwood Supt. J. L. Clauser 



Frankfort Supt. O. M. Pittenger 



Franklin Supt. Paul Van Riper 



Kendallville Supt. P. C. Emmons 



Laporte Supt. Arthur Deamer 



Marion2 Supt. A. E. Highley 



Michigan City Supt. L. W. Keeler 



Mt. Vernon Supt. E. J. Llewellyn 



Noblesville Supt. E. C. Stopher 



Plymouth Supt. O. E. McDowell 



Princeton Supt. J. W. Stott 



Rochester Supt. A. C. Whitmer 



Wabash^ Supt. O. C. Pratt 



Warsaw Supt. H. S. Kaufman 



In the following pages the cities reported are indicated by 

 numbers, but the arrangement of numbers is not according to 

 alphabetical order. 



1. Thorndike, E. L. "Measurement of Ability in Reading." Teachers College 

 Record, XV, No. 4. 



2. Did not give May tests. 



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