.. .. .. 6 38 25| 9| .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 80
4 .. .. .. .. 162 200| 63| 12 10 3 .. .. .. .. 450
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5 .. .. .. .. 17 178|131| 47 14 2 .. .. .. .. 389
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6 .. .. .. .. 1 11|120| 60 29 3 .. .. .. .. 224
7 .. .. .. .. .. 1| 3| 46 29 8 1 .. 1 .. 88
8 .. .. .. .. .. ..| 1| 4 17 4 1 .. .. .. 28
9 .. .. .. .. .. ..| ..| .. .. 4 1 .. .. .. 5
10 .. .. .. .. .. ..| ..| .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
11 .. .. .. .. .. ..| ..| .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
12 .. .. .. .. .. ..| ..| .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
13 .. .. .. .. .. ..| ..| .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. .. 8 219 416|329| 171 102 26 3 .. 1 .. 1,275
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Theoretically, children in Springfield enter the school at six, and
spend one year in each grade. If all of the children in the Springfield
schools had lived up to this theory, there would be 1,275 eleven years
of age, and 1,275 in the fifth grade. A glance at the table shows that
only 131, or about 10 per cent of the children, are both eleven years of
age and five years in the school. Among the 1,275 fifth-grade children,
389, or 31 per cent, have been in school five years, and 329, or 26 per
cent, are eleven years of age.

The superintendent follows this general table with other tables giving a
more detailed analysis of over and under age pupils, and of rate of
progress in school.

TABLE 2

_Age and Progress Groups of Fifth-Grade Pupils in Springfield,
December, 1911_

Young | Normal | Over-age | Total
| | |
Per | Per | Per | Per
No. Cent | No. Cent | No. Cent | No. Cent

Rapid 435 34 | 74 6 | 31 2 | 540 42
Normal 195 16 | 131 10 | 63 5 | 389 31
Slow 13 1 | 124 10 | 209 16 | 346 27
--- -- | --- -- | --- -- | ----- ---
Total 643 51 | 329 26 | 303 23 | 1,275 100

The inferences from Table 2 are very clear. Of the 1,275 fifth-grade
pu