PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FAILING, BY YEARS. (Johnson, F.W.)
YEARS
1 2 3 4
English 18.1 9.5 18.4 14.4
Math 12.9 12.9 13.6 5.6
Latin 14.1 9.0 2.9 ..
German 12.4 7.4 .. ..
French 14.3 9.6 3.1 ..
PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FAILING, BY SEMESTERS. (St. Paul)
SEMESTERS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
English and Math 17.8 18.0 16.3 16.9 8.1 14.0 .. ..
Latin, German, French 17.6 17.5 15.1 7.6 3.0 .. .. ..
Apparently the full story has by no means been told when we simply say
that there is a general decline in the percentages of failure by years
or semesters. First, the failures of the drop-outs should be included,
so far as it is at all feasible; second, the percentage should be based
on the total enrollment in the subject, not on the final product, if we
wish to disclose the real situation; third, the continuous or required
subjects should be distinguished in order to give a full statement of
the facts. On page 41 are presented the percentages of failure for the
1,125 failing graduates alone, as found in this study, the greater
portion of whose work, as it actually happened, consisted of 3- and
4-year subjects continuous from the time of entrance, and for whom the
percentages of failure increase to the ninth semester.
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