Review of The Achievement of Subnormal Children in Standardized Educational Tests

Abstract

Reviews the book, The Achievement of Subnormal Children in Standardized Educational Tests by J. E. W. Wallin. In this bulletin of ninety-seven pages, Dr. Wallin gives the results of some educational tests administered by special class teachers to about 300 St. Louis subnormal children. The tests used were the Ayers spelling scale, lists A to F and I, L and O, and lists I and II in Starch's Spelling scale, Gray's oral reading and the spiral arithmetic exercises adapted from the Courtis tests. The results of the educational tests show that it is a waste of time and money to attempt academic instruction to low grade children below four years mentality and that little reading can be accomplished by a child under the mental age of six years. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)