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6. In a comparison with similar data from other systems 

 conditions in these Indiana school systems are shown to be 

 somewhat more satisfactory. 



7. In comparing the different systems studied in either 

 of the groups there is only a moderate amount of variation. 



8. In studying the progress of school children it is neces- 

 sary to distinguish between overageness and retardation. 

 Only overageness can be computed from age-grade tables and 

 when we infer the amount of retardation from the amount 

 of overageness, it is necessary to bear in mind that we are 

 dealing with two different things. Different methods of com- 

 puting overageness yield different results. 



9. In Indiana school systems studied, boys are more re- 

 tarded than girls. 



10. There is a greater per cent of retardation in systems 

 having semiannual promotion than in systems having annual 

 promotion. 



11. The variation between school systems is not great. 



12. In comparison with similar data from other states 

 these Indiana systems exhibit less retardation. 



13. The average promotion rate is about 91 per cent. Of 

 this 91 per cent about 4 per cent are promoted on trial. In 

 general these make good. The promotion rate for girls is 

 higher than for boys. 



14. In the high school the per cent of failures decreases 

 from the lower grades to the higher grades. The per cent 

 of failures is higher for boys than for girls. The per cent of 

 failures varies from 13.1 per cent. 



15. A number of factors contribute to the promotion 

 rate. One is not justified in attributing a high per cent of 

 failures to a poor course of study. The standard of promo- 

 tion is believed to be a determining factor. It appears that 

 different standards of promotion are held by the teachers of 

 different subjects. 



16. For studying the progress of pupils a modification 

 of the age-grade tables is recommended. 



