Even fourth-year Latin pupils fall considerably short of a perfect score on the easy 239-word standard vocabulary test¶

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q2 i? Fourth-year pupils in nineteen schools did not approach a perfect score on the 239-word vocabulary list. → V. A. C. Henmon 1917

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V. A. C. Henmon 1917¶

V. A. C. Henmon. (1917). The Measurement of Ability in Latin. Part I. Vocabulary. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Measurement+of+Ability+in+Latin%22+Henmon

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Results from the Standard Vocabulary Test administered in 19 schools in three states (Table VI), reporting averages and medians by year of study. The article notes the distribution is skewed, so averages and medians diverge, e.g. second-year average 187 versus median 195.

"It is noteworthy that even fourth-year pupils fall short, by a considerable amount, of a perfect score with this easy vocabulary."

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