NRS-16656 | Examination Books [Carrington Public School]

The nature and function of the School Examination Book is indicated by the following passage, which, with variations, is printed on the inside front cover of each volume:Half-yearly Examination of Pupils 1. All classes must be examined half-yearly by the head of the Department or the First Assistant, the examinations to be completed by the end of June and November. 2. The nature of each test, and, as far as possible, the actual questions set, should be indicated. 3. Pupils’ names should be, as far as practicable, arranged in alphabetical order. 4. Absentees from the regular class examination should be tested as opportunity offers. 5. The record for each class should be signed both by the Examiner and the class teacher. 6. The results of the class teacher’s tests may be taken into account, or, in some cases, may be entirely accepted for the purposes of the half-yearly examination when the Head of Department has satisfied himself as to the character and usefulness of the tests. By examination of pupils’ written work, more, perhaps, than by any other single procedure, the nature of the tests given by the teacher, the character of the work attempted, and the effectiveness of the teaching will be disclosed. The neatness of the written work and the standard of the writing are strong indications of the tone of the class and of the teacher’s control. 7. This record is of great importance both to teacher and inspector. The teacher will learn from it the general result of his teaching and the development of individual pupils. The inspector will take it into account in estimating the general management of the school and the work of the class teacher. It is also an essential factor in determining the fitness of candidates for the “Permit to Enrol.”Each volume of the Examination Book typically contains copies of examination papers, normally pasted in but occasionally handwritten, with a record of the marks achieved by individual pupils in each subject, their overall results, and, if deemed appropriate, the teacher’s comments. The pre-printed format of the volumes provides for results to be recorded in Reading, Writing, Spelling, Composition, Arithmetic and two or three other subjects (with variations over time), and for the results of the June and November examinations to be recorded alongside each other. Normally one volume will be used to record the performance of pupils in the same grade during successive years, but occasionally the record may instead follow the progression of a particular class through the several grades.The surviving Examination Registers for 1893 and 1894 are volumes originally printed as Lesson Registers, but used to record the dates of examinations and the pupils’ results on a class-by-class basis. Rough notes giving some indication of the examination questions have also been entered into these volumes. A note on the originally blank first page of the volume for 1893 reads: “New book provided As no trace can now be found of the book two or three last examinations always kept with the teachers records.” [sic]

《学校考试簿》（School Examination Book）的性质与功用，可通过下述文字说明——该文字经小幅修订后，印于每册账簿的内封面上：1. 所有班级须每半年由学科主任（Department Head）或第一助理教师开展一次考核，考核需于每年6月末与11月末前完成。2. 需明确每场考核的形式，并尽可能附列实际命题内容。3. 学生姓名应在可行范围内按字母顺序排列。4. 缺席日常班级考核的学生，应在后续有机会时补测。5. 每份班级考核记录须经考核员与班主任共同签字确认。6. 班主任的考核结果可作为参考依据；若学科主任确认该考核的效度与实用性达标，在部分场景下可直接采用其结果作为半年考的成绩。通过审阅学生的书面作业，相较于其他单一考核方式，更能揭示教师命题的形式、学生作业的完成质量，以及教学的有效性。书面作业的整洁度与书写水平，可充分反映班级的整体风貌与教师的管理成效。7. 该考核记录对教师与教育视导员（inspector）均具有重要价值。教师可借此了解自身教学的整体效果，以及每位学生的成长情况；教育视导员则会将其作为评估学校整体管理与班主任工作的参考依据。同时，该记录也是评定申请人是否符合入学许可（Permit to Enrol）资格的必要因素。每册考试簿通常收录试卷副本——试卷一般为粘贴形式，偶有手写版本——并记录每位学生在各科目中的得分、总成绩，以及经审核后可附加的教师评语。账簿的预印格式预留了阅读、写作、拼写、作文、算术，以及另外2至3门科目（随时代变迁有所调整）的成绩记录栏，同时可并列展示6月与11月两次考核的结果。通常情况下，单册账簿用于记录同一年级学生在连续多年间的学业表现，但也有部分账簿用于追踪特定班级在各年级的升学历程。现存的1893年与1894年考试登记簿，原本为《课程登记簿》（Lesson Registers），后被用于逐班记录考核日期与学生成绩。这些账簿中还附带了部分能够体现考核命题的粗略笔记。1893年账簿原本空白的首页上留有一则注释：“已备新簿。因过往两三次考核所用的、与教师记录一并留存的簿册，现已无迹可寻。”[原文如此]