White Indicates that the State Ranks in the Highest 12 of the 48, Light Shading that it Ranks in Second 12, Dark Shading that it Ranks in Third 12, and Black that it Ranks in Lowest 12

The above illustration is a photograph of one page of a pamphlet issued by the Division of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation, regarding the public schools of the United States. This type of chart is capable of wide application in other fields

SIMPLE COMPARISONS

considered from each of ten different view points. The different States were then arranged in grades one, two, three, or four, according to the efficiency of their schools from each of the ten different points of view from which they were considered. The best grade under each heading is shown by means of a white rectangle, the second grade by light cross-hatching, the third grade by dark crosshatching, and the fourth and worst by solid black. States are shown in the complete chart in their comparative rank. The State with the best schools is shown at the top of the chart and the State with the worst schools is shown at the bottom of the chart. On the chart as a whole, one can see at a glance just how the schools of any State rank with those in the other States, and wherein the greatest defects occur. The chart of Fig. 33 was in a thirty-page illustrated pamphlet sent broadcast over the United States by the Russell Sage Foundation to members of various legislatures, school boards.