A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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computation and one in arithmetical reasoning; one measure of information concerning the physical world; one measure of knowledge
of history and literature; and one measure of ability to spell. A
measure was also obtained from 3,500 individual children of skill in
the command of oral English, one of ability to pronounce words out of
context, and one of ability to read oral connected discourse. Finally,
more than fifteen measures have been obtained with these 32,000
children of ability to comprehend explicit directions given orally in
English.
To enable us to analyze differences that might be revealed between
Filipino and American children, seven thousand tests of mental ability
were given. Two thousand of these made no use of reading; that is,
they were "non-language." All directions were given orally. Five
thousand other verbal tests of mental ability were also given-the
Otis Self Administering Test, the Otis Classification Test, and the
Thorndike College Entrance Examination.
In addition to these tests, in order to provide a measure of ability to
do constructive writing in English, several thousand compositions written
by Filipino children from grade four to first-year high school were collected. The records of the Bureau of Civil Service were analyzed to
obtain a long time measure of the ability of school graduates to write
in English.
Both public and private schools were tested. The list of private
schools in which tests were given in the fourth grade, seventh grade, and
first year of high school is as follows:
PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MANILA
Anglo-Chinese School, The National Chinese School, The
Ateneo de Manila, The Jose Rizal College
Association Institute of the Y. M. C. A. Philippines Women College
Beaterio Academy Concordia College
Cathedral Free School San Beda College
Centro Escolar de Sefioritas Santa Rosa
Chinese Second Elementary School Santa Theresa
De La Salle College Santa Isabel
Far Eastern College San Juan de Letran
Holy Ghost College Saint Paul's Institution
Instituto de Mujercs Saint Vincent de Paul
Liceo de Manila University of Manila
Malate Catholic School University of Santo Tomas
National University
PRIVATE SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF MANILA
Baptist Home School, Capiz Saint Josefa College, Iloilo
Catholic Educational Center, Zamboanga Saint Mauritius Academy, Batangas
Central Philippine College, Iloilo Seminary College, Iloilo
Iloilo Institute, Iloilo Seminary College, Jolo
Immaculate Conception, Cebu Silliman Institute, Dumaguete
San Carlos, Cebu Sulu Tong Jin School, Jolo
Saint Agustine College, Iloilo Visayan Institute, Cebu
Saint Bridget's Academy, Batangas Willard Straight School, Jolo
Saint Isabel College, Jolo