The authors attribute rural children's superiority to city-school conditions: lack of correlation between the urban community and the school and inflexibility of the grade system¶

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q1 i? The rural advantage is attributed to lack of correlation between the urban community and the school and to inflexibility of the grade system, indicating inferiority of city schools rather than superiority of rural schools. → Walter R. Miles; W. S. Smiley 1915

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Walter R. Miles; W. S. Smiley 1915¶

Walter R. Miles; W. S. Smiley. (1915). Communications and Discussions, The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://books.google.com

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Authors' interpretation of the examination comparison, offered after ruling out teacher quality, text quality, school-year length, and school equipment as explanations; no additional test of the proposed causes is reported.

"It is more likely due to the lack of correlation between the urban community and the school, and the inflexibility of the grade sys- tem, two conditions that indicate inferiority on the part of the city schools rather than superiority on the part of the rural schools."

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