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.

LIST OF CHARTS, FIGURES, TABLES, AND
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHARTS
Facing pageCHART I.-Paragraph reading..............................-................. 134
II.-Sentence meaning............................................................- -.... 136
III. —Word meaning............-............................................................. 136
IV.- General reading ability..............................-.. --- —-------------------- 136
V.- Recognition of correctness in language.................................................... 168
VI.- Spelling comprehension of dictation................................................. 180
VII.- Arithmetic computation............................................................ 182
VIII.- Arithmetic reasoning ability.................................................. 184
IX.- Nature study and science information.............................................. 184
X.-History-literature-information.........................-....................... 186
XI.-G eneral educational efficiency.................................................. 186
FIGURES
FIGURE 1.-The routes covered by the Educational Survey Commission.......... Frontispiece
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FIGURE 2.-The growth of the Philippine school system, 1901-1923 (number
of pupils enrolled, number in average daily attendance, and number
promoted)........................................................... 14
FIGURE 3.-The growth of the Philippine school system, 1901-1923 (increase in
number of graduates from the primary, intermediate, and secondary
schools)............................................................................................. 15
FIGURE 4.-Percentage of American teachers in Philippine public schools, 1902 to
December, 1923.....................-....................................... 16
FIGURE 5.-The growth of the Philippine school system, 1901-1923 (number of
primary and intermediate schools, 1903-1923)................................... 18
FIGURE 6.-The growth of the Philippine school system, 1901-1923 (increase in
the number of school buildings, 1912-1923)................................... 19
FIGURE 7.-Current expenses of public education, 1903-1923........................ 21
FIGURE 8.-Christian Malayan Divisions.................. --- —-------------- -----------—............. 25
FIGURE 9.-Collection and distribution of revenues from taxation for the year
1923................................... 82
FIGURE 10.-Total cost of public education and its growth................................... 84
FIGURE 11.-I-Provinces, municipalities, and barrios in which pupils were tested.... 118
II-Number of pupils tested in each province.......................................... 118
FIGURE 12.-Comparison of Filipino and American achievements on Gates Word
Test with dialectic sound mutations ignored in scoring.................... 164
FIGURE 13.-Comparison of Filipino and American achievements on Gates Word
Test with dialectic sound mutations recognized in scoring.................. 165
FIGURE 14.-The growth in holding power of the Philippine school system............ 202
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