“The first word is ‘go,’—go.” After waiting for ten or not more than fifteen seconds, the next word should be pronounced as follows: “The second word is ‘at,’—at.”
It is the intention that each individual shall have ample opportunity to understand the word to be spelled and to write his spelling of it, but that the conditions shall remain uniform for all.
No word should be given credit unless it is spelled correctly. If a word is so illegible that the examiner cannot easily tell whether or not it is correctly spelled it should be counted as wrong. The total number of words correctly spelled should be entered in the lower right-hand corner of the title page of the test leaflet, and should be followed by a notation of the list used.
Scores from 0 to 20 indicate Inferior Ability Scores from 21 to 35 indicate Low Average Ability Scores from 36 to 45 indicate Average Ability Scores from 46 to 50 indicate High Average or Superior Ability
Scores from 0 to 10 indicate Inferior Ability Scores from 11 to 24 indicate Low Average Ability Scores from 25 to 40 indicate Average Ability Scores from 41 to 46 indicate High Average Ability Scores from 47 to 50 indicate Superior Ability
It is not to be expected that an individual’s score will be the same exactly in List A as in List B or that his classification based on this score will be just the same. The two lists are not perfectly adjusted in this matter and if they were it would still be possible for a person of “Average Ability” in List A to obtain “Low Average” scores in List B.
In public school work teachers will probably find List A more instructive than List B, although List B will be almost as useful in classifying pupils, especially when used in connection with the following table of average results.
The average Second Grade pupil should spell 6 words in List B The average Third Grade pupil should spell 14 words in List B The average Fourth Grade pupil should spell 25 words in List B The average Fifth Grade pupil should spell 33 words in List B The average Sixth Grade pupil should spell 40 words in List B The average Seventh Grade pupil should spell 44 words in List B The average Eighth Grade pupil should spell 47 words in List B