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BIA/BIE schools have been criticized for decades for poor academic performance, and for the failure to establish metrics that allow performance to be measured.<ref name=Severns/> In 1969 the graduation rate was about 59%<!--"a point shy of where it was in 1969"-->. Circa 1970 the overall dropout rate of BIA schools was 100% higher than the U.S. dropout average. Citing this statistic, that year [[President of the United States]] [[Richard Nixon]] criticized BIA schools. The 1969 report by the Select Subcommittee of the [[U.S. Senate]] in 1969 (known as the Kennedy Report, as it was headed by [[Robert F. Kennedy]] prior to his assassination) also criticized BIA schools.<ref name=Woodsgetsaway/> | BIA/BIE schools have been criticized for decades for poor academic performance, and for the failure to establish metrics that allow performance to be measured.<ref name=Severns/> In 1969 the graduation rate was about 59%<!--"a point shy of where it was in 1969"-->. Circa 1970 the overall dropout rate of BIA schools was 100% higher than the U.S. dropout average. Citing this statistic, that year [[President of the United States]] [[Richard Nixon]] criticized BIA schools. The 1969 report by the Select Subcommittee of the [[U.S. Senate]] in 1969 (known as the Kennedy Report, as it was headed by [[Robert F. Kennedy]] prior to his assassination) also criticized BIA schools.<ref name=Woodsgetsaway/> | ||
In 1988 a Department of Interior report blamed all levels of leadership for substandard test scores.<ref name=Severns/> In 2001 the [[Government Accountability Office]] (GAO) wrote "The academic achievement of many BIA students as measured by their performance on standardized tests and other measures is far below the performance of students in public schools. BIA students also score considerably below national averages on college admissions tests."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-934/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-934.htm|title=BIA and DOD Schools: Student Achievement and Other Characteristics Often Differ from Public Schools'|publisher=[[Government Accountability Office]]|date=2001-09-28|access-date=2021-08-03}}</ref> [[Bill Clinton]], | In 1988 a Department of Interior report blamed all levels of leadership for substandard test scores.<ref name=Severns/> In 2001 the [[Government Accountability Office]] (GAO) wrote "The academic achievement of many BIA students as measured by their performance on standardized tests and other measures is far below the performance of students in public schools. BIA students also score considerably below national averages on college admissions tests."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-934/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-934.htm|title=BIA and DOD Schools: Student Achievement and Other Characteristics Often Differ from Public Schools'|publisher=[[Government Accountability Office]]|date=2001-09-28|access-date=2021-08-03}}</ref> [[Bill Clinton]], George W. Bush, and [[Barack Obama]] made attempts to improve BIE schools. In 2015 Maggie Severns of ''[[Politico (magazine)|Politico]]'' wrote that BIE students "have some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates in the country".<ref name=Severns/> | ||
In the 2018-2019 school year, the percentage of BIE students passing their schools' standardized examinations was about 10%<!--1 in 10--> for mathematics and 15% for the English language.<ref name=Woodsgetsaway/> In 2011 BIE students scored better on examinations than students at [[Detroit Public Schools]], but every other large urban school district outperformed students of BIE schools.<ref name=Severns/> | In the 2018-2019 school year, the percentage of BIE students passing their schools' standardized examinations was about 10%<!--1 in 10--> for mathematics and 15% for the English language.<ref name=Woodsgetsaway/> In 2011 BIE students scored better on examinations than students at [[Detroit Public Schools]], but every other large urban school district outperformed students of BIE schools.<ref name=Severns/> | ||