Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-15

found in the state Office and visiting six the union
superintendent order gain conception of the spirit of the school
ystema to learnw what facts readily available
happened that the schools had vacation during the weeks
April devoted
Manual for Use Elementary
obtained When the schools
sion sunesorv union or district was selected and three DAYS wer
devoted pupils
study the quality of instruction. the extent and character
of supervision and the general condition the buildings and
equipment Especial given schools.
visited during these days, thirteen
room schools From this time until the schools closed in the early part
planned that all the
and of school community observed In ALL
DAYS were spent visiting schools The difficulty travel made brief
necessary schools
observed reasonably be assumed that neither the
best nor the very poorest schools were seem sufficient proportion
all the schools visited
general conception of the actual condition and operation the schools
The conclusions reached this way have verified every possible
teachers superintendent
consulted but also others
gave opportunity
judge the wisely
During
the registers the school year 19112 to the secretary of the com
fortysix cities the forwarded From
registers possible regularity pupils
attendance the pupils the number Of inexperienced teachers
the number of teachers who to their schools the certificate
the teachers the number visits made by the
2. Standards of Judgment
At the beginning it dec
that shall be employed udgin
the schools these standards determine the initial selection of fac
study and the approach to them.
upon customary
practice Thus if the arranged the order of the
capita for education glance will show the relative pos
this particular the that judged
this the attendance of pupils the empha
subjects shown by time aoments and the
treated in the Of study the efficiency of the teaching force
shown by the training salaries Of teachers and
efficiency the schools shown by the of tho
school and of those who regularly from grade
grade quality sometimes the b
of examination marks obtained by pupils in school
with those pupils who take the examinations 9th
This comparative standard has the merit Of denten 1t
keeps attention focused actual practice and thus avoid
influence opinion and theory When applied particular
system schools this has decided dfec
AS it derived from the facts that intended
in
the which the that compared embody
principles Such standard further, assists presenting facts
does interpret them, that the defects discovered in this
often merely effects rather than the Moreover
uniformity without conditions that
egimaey produce variation 1t likely to test pupils for tn
knowledge of school subjects rather than for their ability deal
facts Finally the conclusions reached by the of this stand
likely undue dissatisfaction the systems that
high particulars although they yet be great
of improvement
Occasionally those who had large either conduct
schools observing and studying educational conditions have
asked to state their opinion regarding the efficiency of
system schools Their conclusions valid only to the ext