Report on an experiment designed to remove some of the defects in our present system of periodical class examination by placing a premium on effort rather than on natural endowment

The following thesis is an account of, and an evaluation of, an experiment designed to test the effect of the employment of a system of handicaps, according to the ascertained scholastic attainment of the pupils. By the employment of this system it was hoped that a premium would be placed upon effort rather than on natural endowment.