The Educational Achievement of Indian Children: A Re-examination of the Question: How Well are Indian Children Educated?Designed to complete a cycle begun in 1946, the 1950 Service-Wide Testing Program examined: the progress and achievement made by American Indian students in various educational situations, and the factors thought to affect their educational development. Tests were administered to all students in grades 8 and 12 enrolled in day, mission, public, nonreservation boarding, and reservation boarding schools located in nine geographic areas--Alaska, Dakota, Mountain, Navajo, Oklahoma, Pacific, Pueblo, Southeast, and Southwest. The tests included: Pressey Diagnostic Reading, Grades 3-9, Form a; Arithmetic-Factor Abilities, Form usis--fa-a-1-47; Free Writing Test, Form c, usis--fwa-c-48; Use of Resources--USIS-3-46; Pressey English, Grades 5-8; Gates Basic Reading, Grades 3-8; Orleans Arithmetic Computation, Form I, Grades 3-8; and Health and Safety--USIS-HS-A-47. These tests were not all administered in both grades. The mean, standard deviation, plus one standard deviation, and minus one standard deviation were calculated for 360 distributions. Data were also obtained on the student's degree of Indian blood, language spoken at home, home stability, place of residence, kinds of friends, late entrance to school, size of school attended, regularity of school attendance, and academic ambition. It was found that as the cultural and educational backgrounds of Indian children became more like those of white children in the public schools, the educational achievement of Indian children matched that of white children more closely. |
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... wish to thank L. Madison Coombs , Education Specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs , for valuable advice and assistance in the preparation of this volume . Contents Page Introduction List of Tables List of Figures Foreword.
... wish to thank L. Madison Coombs , Education Specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs , for valuable advice and assistance in the preparation of this volume . Contents Page Introduction List of Tables List of Figures Foreword.
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... Tables List of Figures Foreword - by Willard W. Beatty Chapter 1. Introduction Previous Studies Problems of Indian Education The Previous Testing Program The 1950 Testing Program The University of Kansas Summary Chapter II . Differences ...
... Tables List of Figures Foreword - by Willard W. Beatty Chapter 1. Introduction Previous Studies Problems of Indian Education The Previous Testing Program The 1950 Testing Program The University of Kansas Summary Chapter II . Differences ...
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... Factors The Future Tour of the Southwest The Intermountain Conference The Albuquerque Conference Bibliography Appendix - United States Indian Bureau Tests 79 80 80 82 88 89 .... 91 List of Tables Table Page 1 . Tests and Materials vi.
... Factors The Future Tour of the Southwest The Intermountain Conference The Albuquerque Conference Bibliography Appendix - United States Indian Bureau Tests 79 80 80 82 88 89 .... 91 List of Tables Table Page 1 . Tests and Materials vi.
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... Tables Table Page 1 . Tests and Materials Used in the April 1950 Testing Program 2 . 3 . 12 16 16 4 . 5 . Composition of Types of Schools by Areas for the Two Grade Levels Percentage of Students Having Various Degrees of Indian Blood ...
... Tables Table Page 1 . Tests and Materials Used in the April 1950 Testing Program 2 . 3 . 12 16 16 4 . 5 . Composition of Types of Schools by Areas for the Two Grade Levels Percentage of Students Having Various Degrees of Indian Blood ...
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... Table 11-1 lists the evaluation instruments which were selected or prepared for use in the trial program in 1944. The standardized tests included were selected because it was believed they would meet many of the requirements of the ...
... Table 11-1 lists the evaluation instruments which were selected or prepared for use in the trial program in 1944. The standardized tests included were selected because it was believed they would meet many of the requirements of the ...
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1950 All Indian 60 words achievement of Indian Bureau of Indian cent level children in public Critical Comparison Critical Ratios day schools Difference Ratio RB Difference S. E. eighth and twelfth eighth grade Federal schools Gates Basic Reading grade eight grade levels Haskell Institute Higher Mean Indian Affairs Indian and White Indian children Indian education Indian Schools Indian Service Indian students Kenneth E line graphs MEAN SCORE Means Difference Ratio mission schools Navajo non-Indian nonreservation boarding schools NRB vs PW Oklahoma percentage of students Peterson PI vs PW PRESSEY ENGLISH TEST-SECTION Pressey English-Section Public schools achieved pupils Ratios for Grade RB vs NRB RB vs PW S. E. of Critical School Attended schools achieved significantly Schools by Geographic Sentence Structure Significant STANDARD DEVIATION GRADE TABLE twelfth grade twelve tests types of schools United States Indian University of Kansas White by Types white children