Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
ENROLMENT GAINED BIG
Two Thousand More Pupils
This Year Than Last; Stand
ards Above Average.

but the students will be given the final
examinations this week.
The enrolment of the past year
shows an increase of 2.040 pupils over
1915. This is the greatest increase In
enrolment that the local school has
experienced
The greatest task In the school work
is that of keeping the children be-
tween the ages OF 10 and II years in
school Tulsa has overcome this dif-
ficulty rs Is proven 10y statistics The
increase In students between the ages
of and 10 is 80 per cent over that
of two years ago and the number OF
students between the ages of 10 and
IA years has been increased % per
cent in the same time.
The standard of the schools is CON
stantly being raised This is shown hv
the fact that two years ago there
were 81 per cent Of the pupils In
school between year and two years
behind in their work and at this time
the delnqucnts amount to only 80
per cont. Besides taking care of the
great increase in enrolment tho Su-
pcTvision of the schools has been such
that the standards have been hctterod.
Salt Lake city has one of the host
school systems in the United states
vet they have 2d.3 per cent Of their
students retarded in their work aS
compared with 2l.i per cent In the
Tulsa schools.
Standard Tests.
Several standardized tests were
piven in the schools during the past
year. The returns from the most
recent of these were received lately.
II consists of two separate tests In
arithmetic. one in addition and one
i'm solving problems. was prepared
bv DR. Daniel starch. University Of
Wisconsin. This test I'm addition was
nrenorod bv DIR. clifford Woody.
now Of the University of washing
ton This test has been given to over
thirty thousand pupils i'm different
norts Of the United States. The re-
suits from the tests I'm Tulsn show
that I'm this branch of studies the
local students arc above the average.
The following is an extract from
n letter from b. f.. Kooncc. who has
charge of the tests and who is an
instructor i'm the local high school
to the teachers in the schools of the
city.
"The median for all grades
combined would run considerably
higher than Dr. Woodv's stand
ards falling below only in the
seventh ana tlEllln EiulfNt he
Tulsa fourth grade ranks about
2G problems above the fourth
grade standard The Tulsa firth
grade Is 3.3 above the stand
ard The sixth grade is / prob
lem above the standard. while
the seventh grade is @ Of "a
problem below standard. and
the eighth is Z of a problem
below standard
This is the best showing that
the Tulsa schools have made in
any Vi ihe s'anu"ru teS'S yct
Sor.p,e'tu' ~ ~ a iecol" 10 p1
Prouu o. E"ch .eacHeI shou'u
compare Lhe nieulan Ior her
ErouP win the Stahuaru ana
WIN the clty meuiah TOT mat
erahe' ana II IL ialls below
fnd out whether some improve
ment In her methods or teaching
can bo made to produce better
results next year. Also, next
fall look up the median grade
made by the group you Will have
in the fan semester and see what
are their needs. All OF the
test papers should be preserved
for the teachers next fall to
study as they can tell from
these papers whether "A child is
weak I'm fractions or decimals
or denominate numbers etc
"The purpose of these tests is
to measure and compare the re-
suits OF these tests so mat vyo
can imnrovo thorn Tbis y,ill
be possible only insofar no Tho
individual teachers studv thc
resuIts carefuIIv and ir co,,no
tion with tber, s,,,,I,. Iii
metbods ~ teachin,, - ''''i
A'gcpra returns
In the high school, tests have been
given in algebra, pennmanship and
composition, but the returns have only
been received in the algebra test. The
test was similar to those given in
many Of the larger cities in the land
and were sent to New York city,
whore they were graded and checked
by Henry G.. Holtz in the University
OF Coiuinbla' In TINS test the students
VINO nave peen IN school only thrce
hlohths ranked iar above the stand
ara Whlle those VINO nave been in the
school since the beginning OF Septem-
rank apouI the average
In the hlgh school there was an in
creased enrolment OF 22 per cent.
Last year the enrolment was 6S3 and
TINS year II was Sal, or an Increase