Progress of Repeaters of the Class of 1912 of the Public Schools of Washington, D. C.

This study was undertaken with the purpose of ascertaining to what extent the eighth grade pupils of 1912 in the Washington Public Schools had repeated grades in their progress through the schools, in which grades the repeating occurred, and what the causes of the repeating were. By means of printed blanks, Dr. William M. Davidson, the superintendent of public schools, collected the data for the study just before the mid-year promotions of February 1, 1912, at which time there were enrolled in the eighth grade 3243 children of whom 2433 were white and 810 colored (tables 8 and 9). The printed blanks consisted of a "Pupil's Sheet" for every pupil who had ever skipped or repeated a grade, and a "Teacher's Sheet" on which the teacher condensed the information contained on the pupils' sheets. Both sets of papers were then collected by the supervising principals and sent to the superintendent's office. The "Pupil's Sheet" called for the following date: