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...fact that many freshmen coming from superior schools are familiar with the material offered in the elementary courses in one or more of the three areas. To avoid this needless duplication, the Committee on Educational Policy, in its recommendations for a new, broad system of advanced standing and placement made two days ago, proposed that an exceptionally well prepared student be permitted to substitute one or two advanced courses for the elementary ones...
Under the proposed program, placement tests would decide which students are eligible for exemption from the elementary courses. But the present system of objective tests must be completely revised. Essay tests are the only means of evaluating a student's maturity and his grasp of difficult concepts. Such tests are expensive; they must be individually graded, while objective tests can simply be run through machines. It is probable, however, that only a few students, say not more than ten or fifteen percent of a class, would be interested in taking the tests. They would know that only a few exemptions...
Five major points are covered in the report. Affecting the most people is a greatly strengthened and enlarged placement system designed to give incoming students the opportunity to work at as advanced a level as they are capable. The Committee recommends that placement tests be given in English, history, languages, mathematics, and science. A sufficiently-high grade on a placement test would secure exemption from elementary level courses in any of these fields...
...recommendation that will almost certainly be the object of serve criticism in Tuesday's meeting is that certain students who receive advanced placement in three or more courses be admitted directly to the Houses as sophomores. But the Committee would encourage these men to remain in the College for four years, instead of graduating in three...
General Education would, of course, be affected by any system of advanced standing. The report states that students may be permitted to omit one or two elementary General Education courses if they secure advanced placement in the area or areas covered by the courses. Freshmen with superior writing ability could secure exemption from General Education...