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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English is the language of the schools, no other language standard
is as good a goal to set before Philippine schools.
The central office of the Bureau of Education is constantly confronted by questions of standards. How well should Filipino children
be able to read, write, and speak English before leaving the school?
How well informed should they be about their economic, social, and
political conditions and about the physical world in which they live?

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How much manual skill should they have? These are typical questions that the administrative staff of the Bureau should answer definitely.
To the present time the Bureau has never answered these questions.
Supervisors, principals, and teachers are not told definitely what
standards are acceptable in any department of the work. This is a
serious gap in the work of administration.
Through its department of measurement and research and at the
earliest possible moment, the Bureau of Education should establish
quantitative standards of attainment. To set such standards prop