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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erly the work must be objectively measured. The experience of educators in several countries in the past twenty years points the way clearly.
That the opinion of teachers and administrators cannot be relied upon
to set standards has been proved conclusively.
There is only one approach to the solution of the problem: that of
careful experimentation. These are the necessary steps:

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(1) Measure the work of the schools; determine by tests the quality
of the work in each subject and department.
(2) Pick out the best results that have been obtained in several
school system under the existing practical conditions.
(3) Accept these "best practices" as a tentative standard for the
Islands. With evidence to prove that they are immediately practicable of general attainment, set these standards clearly before the entire
body of the teaching personnel. Make a full exposition of the methods
used by the best schools and train administrators constantly in the