Monroe: Progress and Promotion 



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in relation to their progress in school. In the original tabu- 

 lations the ages were given by half-year intervals but, since 

 this finer grouping did not appear significant, an interval of 

 one year is used in this report. 



Table I should be read as follows : In Grade I, there were 

 78 five-year-old boys, 303 six-year-old boys, 87 seven-year-old 

 boys, etc. The total number was 511. The facts for the 

 other grades are read in the same way. The ''total" column 



No. of pupils 



1 1 HA 





1000 





900 





800 





700 





600 





500 





400 





300 





200 





10 11 



12 13 



Age 



14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 



Fig. 2. Sllo^Ying• the distribution of the number of boys and girls in 

 9ach age-group on the basis of 1,000 in the average of the age-groups 7 

 ;o 12. The first line for each age-group represents boys and the second line 

 girls. Systems having semiannual promotion. 



at the right gives the number of pupils in the successive 

 grades and will be referred to as the ''grade distribution". 

 The "total" line at the bottom gives the number of pupils in 

 the different age groups. It will be referred to as the "age 

 distribution". Tables II to VI are read in the same way. 



Problems Studied. The facts presented in Tables I to VI 

 make possible the study of two fundamental educational 

 problems. 



