75% of Detroit prevocational pupils rate below the normal third-grade level in language completion¶

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q2 i? On the Trabue Completion Test Language Scales, 75% of all pupils rated below the normal III grade level, and the lower quartile group rated below the median of the normal second grade. → Renshaw 1915

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Renshaw 1915¶

Renshaw, S. (1915). The abilities of pupils in Detroit prevocational classes. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeduapsy

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Testing with Trabue's Completion Test Language Scales B and D, with Scale D given about 3 weeks after Scale B as a check. The article reports that "Seventy-five per cent, of all the pupils rate below the normal III grade level in these tests" and that the practice effect was practically negligible.

"Seventy-five per cent, of all the pupils rate below the normal III grade level in these tests."

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