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Indiana University Studies 



schools suggests the need of a careful study of the methods 

 and materials which are used in successful cities by repre- 

 sentatives of the cities which secured inferior results in order 

 that the latter cities may profit thru the use of more effective 

 methods. (3) The irregular progress made by some schools 

 reveals the need of frequent objective studies of progress in 

 reading in order to avoid misspent time and energy in read- 



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St Louis Grand Rapids 



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Thirteen Cities 



Diagram 5, Average Silent Reading Rates for Indiana, Northern 

 Illinois, Grand Rapids, St. Louis, and Thirteen Cities 



ing instruction. (4) A study of the relation between popu- 

 lation of city and progress in reading showed that small cities 

 made most rapid progress, that villages and towns made 

 slowest progress, and that large cities were intermediate in 

 rate of progress. 



Results of the Silent Reading Tests 



At the same time that the pupils were tested in oral read- 

 ing, other tests were given to determine how rapidly they 



