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Show WESTERN AiYiEiiiCAit.' PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORT ON ERA PAGE Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Vol. 6, No. 29 4 of LIBRARIES m Truth 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 July 17, 1975 ducational Assessment Battery LS. BROWN RICHFIELD, UTAH 84701 The fifth and eleventh grade students of Richfield have had 5 hours of the latest edition of brainwashing pressed upon them the through our school system-bfirst of a series of examination batteries with 370 and 497 questions respectively. The test called, Educational Assessment Battery" was prepared for the Utah State Board of Education by The Institute for Behavioral Research in Creativity. While we have been unable to pin down exactly what and who this research group is. the name strongly suggests caution and the y sponsoring organization, demands careful scrutiny. The first question that comes to the mind of the informed or suspicious is the source of the funds involved in preparation and administration of the examination. This was another point we could not nail down exactly so we indicated that it sounded like a federal program and suspected that the money came from a federal source.. . This comment was not refuted by an official of the State Board of Education. When word leaked that the battery was being given to local students, effort began immediately to obtain copies and the following response was received from the Assessment. Certified educators can receive copies. I)r. Walter Talbot. State Superintendent of Public Instruction stated of the battery. To be most useful such education is interested in so many areas which seem to this author as being far afield in the educational area: in fact, w by does education so strongly desire to invade the measurement (student innermost feelings and attitudes of achievement) must go beyond the the individual and prixucy of the typical tests of academic home and family. The only achievement in basic skills areas thought that comes to mind is that and into such areas as are Adolph Hitler had very similar suggested by goals which have been interests and gained the answers in set for public education in the a like manner - asking children State." Both statements whet the questions about school, teachers, curiosity of a suspicious mind. parents and the home. restrictions on of Why This was supposed to be a availability the test and why must education survey type examination but the pry into the lives of individuals name of the student was placed on beyond student achievement? the answer sheet and the sheet was be to measured set up to be placed on computer Things the Board to of State according cards and computer analyzed. The State Board of Education, Education are Intellectual specific information on the test was ...certain restrictions are imposed Maturity. Emotional Maturity. not to be made available to on the availability of both the Social Maturity. Aesthetic parents, schools, boards of Educational Assessment Battery Maturity and Productive Maturity education, or superintendents and the Comprehensive Test of and Also measured will be a anyone except those that had Basic Skills published by McGraw variety of characteristics of access to the information and that Hill, both of which are used in communities and schools." seems to be the state Board of Educational Statewide One must wonder whv Education, for Institute the THE TEXTBOOK PROBLEM IN UTAH AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION and informative. Those present xvere former school teachers, a young high school girl who testified her disgust of sofne of the hooks she was obliged to read or fail her class. She chose to fail, and volunteered to come and tell of her experience. A speech was gixen by this xvritcr. with books in hand, and a report was given on each. There were nine books in all. from elementary first grade up to college level. English texts, and social studies. The net result of the meeting was a lot of publicity and television appearances, but not much of a. conclusive nature. Dr. Winget did tell us that the school districts purchased theirown books. Jennie Kearl stated that they received tons of books for reviexv samples, and couldn't possibly read all of them. Our purpose in having the meeting was to ask permission for some of lis to help read the books coming in for the schools, along by Erma J. Christensen. Federal Safety Society Education Couneiloi Wednesday. J u lv 2. 1975 a group of approximately 30 people, including this writer and other concerned parents, met with Dr. I.erue Winget. Jennie Kearl. and I.ila Bjorklund. the newsmedia present xvith cameras and tape recorders. T he meeting was calm UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Second Class Postaga Paid at Sah Lika City, Utah with the textbook sifting committee members. We received the information that the districts were welcoming parents and concerned workers in lTA to contact them, and request the permission books. There is much for us to do in this area. First of all. we must become acquainted with what to look for in the hooks. Dr. Winget did not seem to be familiar with the Humanist philosophy pervading the nexver books coming in. We left him copies of Dr. Joe Beans publications. River of Pollution to help review . ' -1 ? r- -4 i - fr, O L r rj J i 1 ' Continued on page 7 0 Behaxioral Research in (ircalivity and our old friend thecomputer. If it is a survey, why xvere names attached? How can we ever be sure that the answers innocently given now w ill not be coughed up later by the friendly computer and come back to haunt, yes, even destroy these same people in later life? The only ansxver stated is that it will not happen. How can we be sure? Well, it just wont happen. Are you SURE? There are questions in the test which have legitimate application, but let us take a look at some of the questionable areas. The answers were generally multiple choice with five gradations from a most to a least category. often get mad I easily." usually feel like hurting 1 like am mad at. someone I)o you try being the way I am. out a lot of vour own ideas?" How often are you sadder than you would like to be?" How good arc you at helping someone who is 1 1 Continued on page 4 1975 OWllo Reprinted from American Opinion Conspiracy Influence On May 1, 1975 This is the eighteenth in the series of annual American Opinion Scoreboards , of which the first was presented in 1958. The scores indicate the composite estimate, of our experts on six continents, as to the influence of the international Master Conspiracy in each country of the world as a percentage of total control. The bracket of sixty percent to eighty percent for the United States, for instance, indicates that in the opinion of these experts the varying degrees of Communist and internationalist Insider influence in government, in the press, in education, and in all other segments of American life, now combine to exercise from sixty to eighty percent of total control over whatever the United States does as a nation. Bear in mind that this Conspiracy at once embraces such advocates of the New World Order as the leaders of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderbergers, the Tricontinental Commission, the World Federalists, the various Communist Parties, assorted Insiders of internationalist finance, and such would-b- e Big Brothers as have actively committed themselves to plans to control the entire world by bringing about an end to nationhood, which can only mean a Communist boot stamping on the human face forever. In the following tabulation the first column shows the score for June 1, 1958. The second is the score for May 1, 1975. A plus sign after the score for 1975 shows that the estimated influence of the Conspiracy has increased, and a minus sign that it has decreased, since last years Scoreboard. Detailed notes on the Scoreboard are presented in American Opinion magazine for 1975. H July-Augu- st |