CONFIDENCE SHAKEN.
BRITISH EXAMINATION SYSTEM, (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 2. Speaking at the 24th annual conference of Educational Associations which opened in London, Sir Michael Sadlet, who is chairman of the Committee of Educationists conducting an inquiry into the examination system, said evidence so far collected shook their con fidence in the reliability of the customary tests and indicated that . chance played too large a part in the award of marks. ’ ,111 The examination system should be mended, not ended, since examinations at many stages were indispensable as a means of selection. Ihe examining authorities must submit their own methods to an exacting, searching, and impartial test.—Bntis Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 70, 4 January 1936, Page 5
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