This program contains a words per minute chart for the
grading, or evaluation, of three minute timings.  A student
is allowed three timing trials, with the best effort scored
and assigned a grade.  Each student is permitted a total of
six errors during each trial, or two per minute.  When this
error total is exceeded in all three trials, the student is
penalized a letter grade.  Thus, unless the error allowance
is exceeded, the grade is entirely based upon the words per
minute rate.  The student notes the timing with the highest
grade in the score card that appears after each test trial.
     Assume the highest words per minute rate for a student
in the eighth week of instruction is twenty seven words per
minute.  We will further assume that the student keyed with
no more than six errors, the maximum allowance.  To compute
the earned grade the computer combines the words per minute
rate with the number of errors to determine that a grade of
B had been attained.  Should this student have exceeded the
six error allowance on all of the timing trials, the single
trial with the highest stroking rate would be scored.  This
grade would reflect the penalty required for excess errors.