The proposal for co-operation, which was approved by colleges and universities generally, in 1932, established an effective co-operating relationship between them and the Thirty Schools for the period of the Study. It permitted and encouraged the participating schools to go ahead with their
plans for revision of their work. As stated early in this volume1 the Commission and the schools held that
Success in the college of liberal arts does not depend upon the study of certain subjects for a certain period in high school;
There are many different kinds of experience by which students may prepare themselves for successful work in college;
Relations more satisfactory to both school and college could be developed and established upon a permanent basis;
Ways should be found by which school and college teachers can work together in mutual regard and understanding.
The study of the college experience of the graduates of the Thirty Schools was made to secure evidence which would confirm these beliefs or show them to be unwarranted. The evidence is reported briefly in Chapter V and in detail in Volume IV of this Report. A careful examination of the findings can leave no one in doubt as to the conclusions that must be drawn:
First, the graduates of the Thirty Schools were not handicapped in their college work.
Second, departures from the prescribed pattern of subject and units did not lessen the student's readiness for the responsibilities of college.
Third, students from the participating schools which made most fundamental curriculum revision achieved in college distinctly higher standing than that of students of equal ability with whom they were compared.
These facts have profound implications for both school and college.
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