State schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett plans to meet with tribal leaders later this summer to discuss results of a recent national report and seek ways to improve test scores among American Indian students.
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"I think there are some opportunities for Native Americans here, and tribal leaders should be very proud of this," she said during last week's state school board meeting.
According to the report, Indian students in fourth and eighth grades in Oklahoma scored higher on average in math and reading than other Indian students nationwide.
Garrett said ACT officials released in 2005 a report showing Indian students in Oklahoma also scored better on that test than other American Indians nationwide.
The study was based on information collected by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a test given periodically to a sampling of American students. It is sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics for the U.S. Department of Education.
