Retardation In Cincinnati Public Elementary Schools Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from A Special Study of the Incidence of Retardation An attempt is made in this dissertation to measure primarily the relative frequency of non-promotion in the grades of the public school. The method of approach differs somewhat from that pursued in previous studies of the problem of retardation. The records of the local beginners or the so - called initial starters who have persisted in the present grammar grades were alone sought and from them the endeavor has been made to ascertain with some exactitude the particular grade or grades in which the pupils most frequently tend to be retarded. Acknowledgments are due to Professor Edward L. Thorn dike, of Teachers College, Commissioner David Snedden, of Massachusetts, and Professor G. D. Strayer, of Teachers Col lege, for the kindly interest manifested and the helpful assist ance tendered by them during the progress of the investigation. The author is also indebted to the superintendents, principals, and teachers in the five city school systems visited who were especially courteous and cheerfully made every effort to assist in securing as accurate information as is possible in view of the prevailing incompleteness of the individual history or record cards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.