86% of Detroit prevocational pupils fall below the third-grade level in silent reading¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1915 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? On the Kansas Silent Reading Test, 86% (216) of the pupils fell below the III Grade Level, and only 7 pupils reached the V grade standard. → Renshaw 1915

Evidence¶

Renshaw 1915¶

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

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Group testing with Kelly's Kansas Silent Reading Tests, Series 1, given in the regular reading exercise period. The article reports that "86% (216) fall below the III Grade Level" and that only 24 pupils attain the IV grade standard and 7 the V grade standard.

"86% (216) fall below the III Grade Level."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 80% of Detroit prevocational pupils lie below the normal fifth-grade level in arithmetical ability — related
• 75% of Detroit prevocational pupils rate below the normal third-grade level in language completion — related
• Relative to mental age, 68% of pupils do arithmetic work comparable to same-mental-age children, 59.8% in language, but only 13.5% in silent reading — related
• Median scores on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are available for more than 100,000 pupils across 160 cities, organized by grade and region. — a broader claim this one bears on