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Show UTAH FOUNDATION REPORT State's Educational Record Remains High; Shortcominas Found in Few Specific Areas Utah's educational attainments are exceptionally high, even though there may be some shortcomings short-comings in terms of specific school curriculum areas. This conclusion was reached by Utah Foundation, private, non-profit tax research organization, in a report which analyzed Utah's claim to a nationwide reputation for educational achievement. The Foundation cites a number num-ber of nationwide surveys which show that Utah ranks at the top of the nation in general educational educa-tional accomplishments. It also quotes a number of nationally prominent educational authorities authori-ties who attest to Utah's high national na-tional ranking in education. Among the other evidences listed list-ed by the Utah Foundation report re-port are the following: 1. During the Korean War, Utah inductees had the second lowest failure rate In the entire en-tire nation for the Armed Forces educational qualification test. Utah had a 1.9 per cent failure rate compared with a 16.4 per cent failure rate for the U. S. as a whole. 2. Only one other state had a smaller per cent of population than Utah, age 25 and over, with less than five years of schooling. 3. Utah ranks first by a wide margin In the per cent of total population enrolled in colleges and universities. 4. Utah tops all states in the average number of years of schooling completed by its adults '" 5. During World War II, indue-tees indue-tees from Utah had the best record rec-ord in the country with respect to educational achievement. Nationally, Na-tionally, 14 of the W W II enlistees en-listees were rejected because of mental deficiency, while only 3 of the Utah enlistees were rejected for that reason. Utah Foundation analysts point out, however, that most of these evidences relate to Utah's general overall performance in education. The report notes some evidences of specific areas of weakness in the school curriculum. curricu-lum. The recent 60-man Utah Public School Survey Commission report Is cited, showing that the performance of Utah schools are below desirable standards in certain cer-tain basic skills, such as English and arithmetic. |