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The Indian child goes to school : a study of interracial differences  Cover Image Book Book

The Indian child goes to school : a study of interracial differences / by L. Madison Coombs [and others].

Summary:

An education evaluation program was begun in 1950: (1) to compare school achievement of Indian and white children in small, rural schools, grades 4 through 12, and (2) to establish a predictive testing program to aid in meeting the requirements for granting educational loans to Indian pupils. By 1955, California Achievement Tests had been administered to 23,608 pupils (58 percent of whom were Indian) attending Federal, public, and mission schools in 11 States. Results were compared by administrative areas of the bia, by race-school groups, and by skill achievement. The results indicated that, in general, Indian pupils did not achieve as well as white pupils. The second activity of the program was the development of a battery of 5 tests, which by 1955 had been administered to 2,221 Indian college and business school applicants. Test results and performance data from the validation subjects were used to construct pass-fail expectancy tables for use in predicting college and business school performance.

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  • Physical Description: xi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: [Lawrence. Kan.?] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Education, 1958.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Indians of North America > Education.
Education > Cross-cultural studies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 97 .C76 1958 228628 Stacks Available -


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