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| Title | National Indian Education Study, Part II |
| Body | This report, National Indian Education Study, Part II: The Educational Experiences of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade American Indian and Alaska Native Students (NCES 2007-454), presents results from a national survey conducted in 2005 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) with support from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education (OIE). Part I of the NIES, released in May 2006, describes the performance of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 mathematics and reading and assessments. Performance results from Part I are not linked to the survey findings from Part II, but such links will be possible in the NIES data collection scheduled for 2007. Part II describes the educational experiences of AI/AN students in grades 4 and 8, with particular emphasis on the native language and culture. Findings are presented in four broad areas: characteristics of the American Indian/Alaska Native students, their schools, their teachers, and their curriculum. Among the many findings are these: - Fifty percent of AI/AN students at grade 4 and 45 percent in grade 8 attended schools with 25 percent or more AI/AN enrollment. - More than 60 percent of AI/AN students at each grade level qualified for free or reduced-price school lunch under the National School Lunch Program. - About one-quarter of the AI/AN students at each grade level reported attending tribal or village ceremonies and gatherings several times a year. About one-quarter also reported that members of their family spoke to each other in their traditional tribal or village languages about one-half the time or more often. - Twenty-eight percent of grade 4 AI/AN students had teachers who spoke and understood, at least to some extent, tribal or village languages spoken by AI/AN students in their schools. At grade 8, the corresponding percentages were 25 percent for mathematics teachers and 23 percent for reading teachers. Find the Executive Summary for Part II: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2007454.asp Download the full NIES Part II report: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007454 Read about the NIES on the NAEP website: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies New on the NAEP Website: National Indian Education Study, Part II. National Center for Education Statistics Newsflash Service. IESNcesWebmaster@ed.gov (10 Oct. 2006). |
| Source | NCES Newsflash Service |
| Inputdate | 2006-10-10 15:16:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-10-10 15:16:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-10-16 00:00:00 |
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