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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... 13 F1ve Schools. Age-grade Table Show1ng Sex D1str1but1on Boys in plain type. Girls in italics. In the schools of Elizabeth there seems to be no doubt concerning sex difference in retardation. 'In every instance as shown in the preceding table the boys are more retarded than the girls. The median for the 529 cases (boys) in grades 4 through 8 is 79.6; whereas for the 559 cases (girls) it is 76.5. In the two upper grammar grades the boys as compared with the girls show relatively more over-ageness than in the two lower grades. With both sexes the same progressive increase in retardation is noticeable (see charts 5 a and 5 b) in descending from the eighth to the fourth grade. Were the theoretical age limit for the fourth grade taken to extend from 9 to 11 years, for the fifth grade from 10 to 12 years, for the sixth grade from 11 to 13 years, etc., the over-age boys in each case would again be recorded in larger numbers. Table 14 shows the distribution of the 1,088 cases according to age at the time of their entrance to the first grade of the school in which thev now attend. TABLE 14 Age D1str1but1on Of 1,088 Pup1ls At T1me Of Entrance To The F1rst Grade Approximately 68 per cent of the cases studied were overage at the time of entrance to the first grade. Relative to this exceptionally high figure, the superintendent explained that the parents were encouraged during the past five years by the medical officials of the city in public circulars and otherwise, not to send their children to school before the age of seven. This accounts for the fact that of the five cities reported on in this study, Elizabeth records by far the largest percentage of initial over-ageness. 1 The modal entrance age as shown in the...

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