The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-01
Leland March
Tells Rotary
OF Tests Made
Over 20 Out OF State
Visiting Rotarians
And Guests In
Attendance

Leland 5. March, assistant Su-
perintendent Of schools OF Monroe
County was guest speaker at the
Rotary Gu luncheon meeting
Thursday and gave full analysis
of the results of the Metropolitan
achievement tests given in schools
here in 1949, so and 81.
March pointed out the progress
of the schools in the following text:
For the third successive year,
Monroe County Public Schools nave
measured the general scholastic
achievement of all its pupil person
mel from Grade through Grade !
and added Grade 3 to those tested.
The measurement has been made
during the third school month OF
each school year. This makes it
possible to effectively check pro-
greSS or retrogression in each sub
ject at each grade level with a
three year perspective.
"Of the 7 grades tested this year,
l was average on the National
Norm, grade was i month below
the National Norm, grades were
months below the National Norm
and l grade was Z months below
the National Norm. Summarizing,
of the Z grades tested were with
in 2 months of the National Norm
or better.
The tables which best reveal
the trend in Institutional progress
or scholastic achievement over the
last three years are the Analysis
of test results by months of accele-
ration or retardation" and "Analy-
sis of achievement in subjects. If
grade surpasses the National
Norm a plus sign is written in front
of the number of months of accele.
ration. A zero with no sign indi.
Gates being just equal to the Ma.
tional Norm in achievement, and q
minus sign in front of numl er
indicates that that is the number
of months the grade is retarded
in that subject. By adding the mum
bers algebraically, we can deter
mine whether a grade is accelerat
ed or retarded in a subject, and
the number of months it is above
or below the National Norm. There
has been a fluctuation in achieve
ment in subjects with a constant
rise in Reading ability, and Litera
ture and a constant dropping In
Arithmetic Fundamentals.
The most encouraging facts arc
these; Q) The lowest subject achi
evement has consistently improved
each year. (2) No radical losses OF
gains have occurred. Changes have
followed normal pattern. g,
There was an imnrovament of Il
urontns, or Ia school years in 1856
over 1919, There was a gain Of 6;
months, or 6.3 school years (Grades
4 through 81 between 1850 and 1851
This totals a scholastic gain of n
months or IL school years from
November 1949 to November 1854,
| while the improvement has
been large, we must not rest on our
laurels until every grade is up to OF
within few months of the National
Norm in each subje0. While every
school tends to rise to the level o
an inspired Principal, or sink to tn,
level of alethargic one, the actua
teaching and learning Is done II
the individual classroom.
Therefore, we salute I h
techers for the splendid contribu
ton they have made in the Prin
cipals for their constructive leader
ship"
He distributed chcrts showing
tree of knowledge in full bloom ant
one which was Lighted. The trunt
of the latter leading to dropping
aehievemer, was tabled mo Co
operation. and was fed by roots il
Illustrating faults: poor vision, un
tidiress, work thoughtlessly done
e'e.
The flourishing growth of al
studies was connected by a trunk
reading good cooperation between
home and school" from healthy
roots with signs such as clean,
, renable' good vision "courte
or" y ''ot.edient" honest, and 50
Il. in list of the proper sources
of social habits and attitudes which
are the cause of success or failure
in school work.
The lunche>n as one Of the best
attended on record with over p
out-of-town- visiting Ro.arsans and
que ITS.
The brief business session In
cluded reading Of an invitation q
attend the coming Rotary district
conference in Lake Worth. Fla,
and an appeal to aid in the Red
Cross drive.
The visitors included HE. Camp.
bell. MORO Bay, Calf; WI. Bor-
ce. Long Beach, Calf; WE. Bor'
Shredder. Veronica, NY; Stuart
S. Caves, Canadaigura. NY; SD,
" 4. Nckolsville. KY. Charles
rich, Jr., Metropolitan, III.
.larles Feirich, ST.. Carbonate,
I ILL.,: Burton Starke, st. Joseph Har-
Dor Bend, Mich; Victor Jones.
South Bend, Ind: Guy c. Weaver.