National Indian Education Study 2007 Part I: Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2007 Reading and Mathematics Assessments is now available athttp://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
The report presents the results of Part I of the National Indian Education Study (NIES) focusing on the performance of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) fourth- and eighth-graders on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading and mathematics. A national sample of approximately 10,100 AI/AN students at grades 4 and 8 participated in the reading assessment and 10,300 in the mathematics assessment. Results from this study are compared to those from the first NIES conducted in 2005. The results for 11 states with relatively large populations of AI/AN students are presented in addition to the national results.* Overall, the average reading scores for AI/AN fourth- and eighth-graders showed no significant change since 2005 and were lower than the scores for non-AI/AN students in 2007. * There was, however, an increase in the percentage of AI/AN fourth-graders performing at or above the Proficient level from 21 percent in 2005 to 25 percent in 2007. * In 2007 at both grades, AI/AN students attending schools in which less than 25 percent of the students were AI/AN scored higher than their peers attending schools with higher concentrations of AI/AN students, and those attending public schools scored higher than their peers in Bureau of Indian Education schools.
See complete results athttp://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies/Read the executive summary of the report athttp://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2008457.asp
NIES was conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education.NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
2009 Stablizing Indigenous Languages Symposium Scheduled for April 30-May 2 2009
No sooner has the 2008 15th Annual Stablizing Indigenous Languages Symposium completed its meeting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff then the 2009 Symposium is being planned for Arizona State University by Planning Committee co-Chairs Dr. Theresa McCarty and Dr. Eunice Romero-Little on the faculty of the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education. The first meeting of the committee was held today May 14 2008 and includes outside of the co-chairs Professors Timothy Begay, David Beaulieu, Elizabeth Swadener, Caroline Turner, Timothy Begaye and Michael Begaye Director of American Indian Studnet Service and graduate student Jarod Pidgeon. Others will be joining the effort to make the 2009 symposium a great meeting on this important cause. So please hold the dates of April 30-May 2, 2009 and plan to come to Tempe Arizona for what will prove to be a very interesting and thought provoking meeting of people focused on the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Information regarding the 15th Annual Symposium recently completed at NAU and the history of these meetings since the first such meeting November 16-18 1994 can be found at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html Look to Big River Man News for Updates on symposium.
Friday, May 09, 2008
When It's Gone, It's Gone
This video was developed by the Native American Student club at the high school in Norman Oklahoma. It examines the dying languages of Native Americans through the eyes of elders.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Five Generations of Ojibwe Women
Left to Right Dorthey Hodder, Mrs. Henry Buffalo, Mrs. John Rabbit, Nadine Hodder Chase, Elsie Rabbit Beaulieu photo taken in 1943- Credit Minn. State Historical Society
NCLB and Indian Education-Special Edition of Journal of American Indian Education
The Journal of American Indian Education has issued a Special Edition VOLUME 47, ISSUE 1 - 2008 focused on The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and it relationship to the education of American Indians Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The guest editor of the edition i s Dr.Teresa L. McCarty.
Dr. McCarty is the Alice Wiley Snell Professor of Education Policy Studies at Arizona State University. She has worked in the field of American Indian/Indigenous education for more than 25 years. Her recent books include A Place To Be Navajo — Rough Rock and the Struggle for Self- Determination in Indigenous Schooling (Erlbaum, 2002), and “To Remain
an Indian:” Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education (with K. T. Lomawaima; Teachers College Press, 2006).
The Special Edition which is titled "American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Education in the Era of Standardization and NCLB" features the following articles
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian
Education in the Era of Standardization and NCLB — An
Introduction Teresa L. McCarty
Native American Education Research and Policy
Development in an Era of No Child Left Behind: Native
Language and Culture during the Administrations of
Presidents Clinton and Bush David Beaulieu
Language, Sovereignty, Cultural Contestation, and
American Indian Schools: No Child Left Behind and a
Navajo Test Case Teresa Winstead, Adrea Lawrence, Edward J.
Brantmeier, and Christopher F. Frey
Perspectives on Change: A Continued Struggle for
Academic Success and Cultural Relevancy at an American
Indian School in the Midst of No Child Left Behind
Robert Patrick
Reading First, Literacy, and American Indian/Alaska Native
Students Jon Reyhner and Denny S. Hurtado
The Imperative of Literacy Motivation When Native
Children Are Being Left Behind Linda Miller Cleary
“Because We Do Not Know Their Way”: Standardizing
Practices and Peoples through Habitus, the NCLB “Highly-
Qualified” Mandate, and PRAXIS I Examinations Sundy Watanabe
Mixed Messages: American Indian Achievement Before
and Since the Implementation of No Child Left Behind
David R. Garcia
The Special Edition is available from the Center for Indian Education at Arizona State University for $12.95 plus postage. A 10% discount is available for ten or more copies per order.Members of the National Indian Education Association will receive a subscription to the the Journal of Indian Education at no cost.
The Editor of the Journal of Indian Education is David L. Beaulieu, Ph.D. Director, Center for Indian Education Denis F. Viri, Ph.D., i s the Associate Editor, Laura Williams is Subscription Manager and Jarod Pidgeon, Editorial Assistant
The Journal of American Indian Education (JAIE) is published, through the Center for Indian Education, three times a year: Winter (Dec-Feb), Spring (Mar-May), Fall (Sept-Nov). Subscription expiration dates are also the months of publication. Each volume has three issues; subscriptions may start with any issue. The JAIE International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is US00218731.
Subscription rates for the JAIE are $20 (individual) and $45 (institution) for domestic subscribers and $23.50 (individual) and $48.50 (institution) for Canadian and foreign subscribers. Single and sample copies are available at $8 a copy. Photocopies of out of stock issues are available at $8 per copy. There is a $3 postage and handling fee for every copy ($4 for Canadian and foreign requests). Postage does not apply to the subscription.
Subscriptions are limited to three years per renewal. NO refunds are given for cancelled subscriptions. All orders must be prepaid by check or money order to "Arizona State University" and sent to the following address:
Journal of American Indian EducationCenter for Indian EducationAttn: Laura Williams, Subscription ManagerBox 871311, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ 85287-1311
Direct questions to: Laura Williams, Subscription Manager at (480) 965-6292
Subscriptions are bulk mailed during the publication months. The foreign subscriptions will be mailed First Class or Airmail. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery. Other JAIE reproductions are also available on microfilm and microfiche. Please contact: Xerox University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Phone (313) 761-4700.
Dr. McCarty is the Alice Wiley Snell Professor of Education Policy Studies at Arizona State University. She has worked in the field of American Indian/Indigenous education for more than 25 years. Her recent books include A Place To Be Navajo — Rough Rock and the Struggle for Self- Determination in Indigenous Schooling (Erlbaum, 2002), and “To Remain
an Indian:” Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education (with K. T. Lomawaima; Teachers College Press, 2006).
The Special Edition which is titled "American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Education in the Era of Standardization and NCLB" features the following articles
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian
Education in the Era of Standardization and NCLB — An
Introduction Teresa L. McCarty
Native American Education Research and Policy
Development in an Era of No Child Left Behind: Native
Language and Culture during the Administrations of
Presidents Clinton and Bush David Beaulieu
Language, Sovereignty, Cultural Contestation, and
American Indian Schools: No Child Left Behind and a
Navajo Test Case Teresa Winstead, Adrea Lawrence, Edward J.
Brantmeier, and Christopher F. Frey
Perspectives on Change: A Continued Struggle for
Academic Success and Cultural Relevancy at an American
Indian School in the Midst of No Child Left Behind
Robert Patrick
Reading First, Literacy, and American Indian/Alaska Native
Students Jon Reyhner and Denny S. Hurtado
The Imperative of Literacy Motivation When Native
Children Are Being Left Behind Linda Miller Cleary
“Because We Do Not Know Their Way”: Standardizing
Practices and Peoples through Habitus, the NCLB “Highly-
Qualified” Mandate, and PRAXIS I Examinations Sundy Watanabe
Mixed Messages: American Indian Achievement Before
and Since the Implementation of No Child Left Behind
David R. Garcia
The Special Edition is available from the Center for Indian Education at Arizona State University for $12.95 plus postage. A 10% discount is available for ten or more copies per order.Members of the National Indian Education Association will receive a subscription to the the Journal of Indian Education at no cost.
The Editor of the Journal of Indian Education is David L. Beaulieu, Ph.D. Director, Center for Indian Education Denis F. Viri, Ph.D., i s the Associate Editor, Laura Williams is Subscription Manager and Jarod Pidgeon, Editorial Assistant
The Journal of American Indian Education (JAIE) is published, through the Center for Indian Education, three times a year: Winter (Dec-Feb), Spring (Mar-May), Fall (Sept-Nov). Subscription expiration dates are also the months of publication. Each volume has three issues; subscriptions may start with any issue. The JAIE International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is US00218731.
Subscription rates for the JAIE are $20 (individual) and $45 (institution) for domestic subscribers and $23.50 (individual) and $48.50 (institution) for Canadian and foreign subscribers. Single and sample copies are available at $8 a copy. Photocopies of out of stock issues are available at $8 per copy. There is a $3 postage and handling fee for every copy ($4 for Canadian and foreign requests). Postage does not apply to the subscription.
Subscriptions are limited to three years per renewal. NO refunds are given for cancelled subscriptions. All orders must be prepaid by check or money order to "Arizona State University" and sent to the following address:
Journal of American Indian EducationCenter for Indian EducationAttn: Laura Williams, Subscription ManagerBox 871311, Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ 85287-1311
Direct questions to: Laura Williams, Subscription Manager at (480) 965-6292
Subscriptions are bulk mailed during the publication months. The foreign subscriptions will be mailed First Class or Airmail. Please allow four to six weeks for delivery. Other JAIE reproductions are also available on microfilm and microfiche. Please contact: Xerox University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Phone (313) 761-4700.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Gichiziibi-winini Returns
After a long break since October 2006 I have returned to this blog Big River Man News--Gichiziibi-winini babaamaajimoo-mazina`igan related to the education of American Indians. When I last wrote an entry The National Indian Education Association was about to embark on a year filled with efforts to pass what was to become the Ester Martinez Native Languages Preservation Act. I will contiune here to report interesting news and information related to the topic of American Indian education in future posts and to use the blog to post information from my collection of documents for friends and associates as well as those who may find this information interesting and useful.
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