From the beginning of the Study the Commission and the participating schools have recognized their responsibility for appraising the results of their work. They were not willing that the value of ten years of concerted effort should be judged by vague impressions or individual opinion based upon partial evidence. The Eight-Year Study had been launched in sincere hope that student growth toward desired objectives would be accelerated while students were still in secondary school and that those who went on to college would do well there. It was realized that abundant data concerning student development should be secured, recorded and reported so that the students themselves, their teachers and parents, colleges, and prospective employers might be fully informed. This chapter tells what was done to measure, record, and report student progress in secondary school; the next chapter reports the study of the success of students in college and the significant results obtained. The Commission regrets that its resources did not permit a similar study of the graduates of the Thirty Schools who did not go to college. It is expected, however, that such investigations will be made by many of the member schools.

• How Did they Evaluate Their Work?
  • The Evaluation Staff
  • Two Hundred Tests
  • Other Evidence
• What Did They Put on the Record?
  • General Purposes of Recording
  • Working Objectives for Records and Reports
• Openmindedness
• Footnotes
  

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