Standards in Education – Revised Code 1872

The Government established Standards in Education  and introduced what they titled the Revised Code 1862 . Following a review of this Code improvements were made which resulted in the publication of the 1872 Revised Code. The local impact if these codes is discussed in the Standard in Education: The Revised Codes and Worlington School.

Revised Code 1872
STANDARD I
Reading		Read one of the narratives that comes after monosyllables in an elementary reading book used in the school.
Writing		Copy in manuscript handwriting a line of print, and write from dictation a few common words.
Arithmetic		Simple addition and subtraction of numbers of not more than four figures, and the multiplication table to multiplication by six.
STANDARD II
Reading		Read a short paragraph from an elementary reading book.
Writing		Write a sentence from the same book, slowly read once, and then dictated in single words.
Arithmetic		The multiplication table, and any simple rule as far as short division.
STANDARD III
Reading		Read a short paragraph from a more advanced reading book.
Writing		Write a sentence slowly dictated once by a few words at a time, from the same book.
Arithmetic		Long division and compound rules (money).
STANDARD IV
Reading		Read a few lines of poetry or prose, at the choice of the inspector.
Writing		Write a sentence slowly dictated once, by a few words at a time, from a reading book, such as is used in the first class of the school.
Arithmetic		Compound rules (common weights and measures).
STANDARD V
Reading		Read a short ordinary paragraph in a newspaper, or other modern narrative.
Writing		Another short ordinary paragraph in a newspaper, or other modern narrative, slowly dictated once by a few words at a time.
Arithmetic		Practice and bills of parcels.
STANDARD VI
Reading		Read with fluency and expression.
Writing		Write a short theme or letter, or an easy paraphrase.
Arithmetic		Proportion and fractions (vulgar and decimal).