The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29
SCHOOL VISIT
WEEK, DEC. $40
County Schools Doing
Good Work. Visit
ii. Them r., Il

emphasis has been placed upon the
testing and measuring of the results
of teaching. With the constantly in
creasing avenues of work in our pub
lie schools, and the tendency to in
troduce vocational training, it has
become necessary to know Just where
you are going and how rapidly you
are travelling. u.
The methods used few years ago
when each year the pupil began at
the beginning of the book, when they
entered school at the opening of the
school year and were expected to fin
ish tho hook by the end of the year
and repeat this from year to year,
is now obsolete, for today there are
too many lines of work in the school
curriculum to permit of this type Of
teaching.
The continual cry in every line of
activity today, is for efficiency, and
hus the question arises in the schools
how shall we know whether our pu-
pills are attaining the efficiency stand
ards from year to year that should
~
earch work has been carried on thru
out this country and various forms
of tests have been provided and given
to thousands of children of the diff
ferent grades and the standardized
test has been the outcome. These
tests have been arranged for various
grades and the scale of measuring
has been reached that today will give
the teacher fairly good measure
ment of the work being done by her
pupils. This scale is the average
found after testing these thousands
of pupils.
Tests of this type were given last
week in Reading in grades from three
to eight and in Arithmetic grades
four to eight inclusive. The results
of these tests have been tabulated
and may be inspected in the office
of Superintendent of Schools, at the
High School.
These tests will tend to show the
teacher wherein she needs to give
special emphasis in order that her
grade may rank as a normal grade in
the various subjects. Special work
may be given to show pupils in order
that when these tests are repeated
in the latter part of the year the
teacher will be able not only to meas
ure the work of the pupils, but will
at the same time be able to measure
her own teaching.
1t is planned that tests of this
in a
in the various grades and thus en-
able the teachers of our public
schools to seek to attain the aims
set for her respective grade.
The week of December 5th to 10th
will be a week of school visitation
All parents, patrons, and citizens of
BlackfoOt and surrounding COM
are very urgently requested
to take little time off from the reg
ular routine and visit your school.
1t is your school, supported and paid
for from taxes paid by you, attended
by your children, criterion of the
sentiment of your community and
it is the wish of your children and
their teachers that you will be able to
spend a few hours with them on the
above dates. OF course visitors are
welcome at all times but a special
is being put on at this time
for visiting the schools. Be ready to
wear the school visiting tags for you
will be sure to be tagged. Come and
witness what your children are do
ing. The children are all ready to tag
you. Wear the tag until it is changed |
by them. Remember the date, Dec
ember 9Th to 10th.