NIEA Research

NIEA Research Priorities

• Effective teaching and effective teachers of Native students  
• Implementing Common Core State Standards in ways that respect Native culture  
• Assessments that respect Native culture 
• Secondary and post-secondary student resilience and graduation 
• High performing charter schools that serve Native students  
• Defining and implementing holistic, comprehensive Native education approaches  
• Native education in urban settings  
• Culturally-based education  
• Research, tracking methods, and indicators of Native student success  
• Family engagement  
• Native language and culture curricula and rubrics  
• Holistic approaches in early childhood education  

Native Education Briefs

• American Indian and Alaska Native Students and U.S. High Schools (2008, Alliance for Excellent Education) 
• Comparison of Graduation and Dropout Rates and Definitions (national and state statistics)
• The Condition of Native Education in 2011 (NIEA) 

Conference Presentations

• Data Review: Native Student Dropout and Graduation (Mackety, 4/16/2012) PowerPoint free to download and modify for your own use.
• Engaging Native Families in Education: How to Invite Them and Keep Them Coming Back (Mackety, 4/17/2012)
• Navigating the Data Dilemma: Finding, Understanding, and Using Native Student Dropout and Graduation Data (Mackety, 4/16/12 & 4/17/12)
• Tribal Education Departments and Local Education Agencies: Partnerships Impacting Native Education (Mackety & Roman Nose, 1/25/2012)

Recent Reports

• The American Indian and Alaska Native Population by the US Census (1/25/2012)
• Comparing the Achievement Patterns of Native Hawaiian and non-Native Hawaiian Grade 8 Students in Reading and Math by REL Pacific (12/2011)  
• NEW! Cultural Competency Report by the Assembly of First Nations (3/31/2012)
• The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color: A Review of Research, Pathways and Progress by the College Board (4/2012)
• Effective Teaching of American Indian Students: A Preliminary Response by REL Central. Abstract compilation of topics including language needs of Native speakers, family/community involvement, alternative instructional techniques, culturally responsive teaching, and standards-based instruction (6/1/2011)  
• Exploring Achievement: Factors Affecting Native American College Student Success by Crosby (4/1/2011) 
• NEW! For This Place, for These People: An Exporation of Best Practices Among Charter Schools Serving Native Students by Ewing and Ferrick (6/2012). A slide presentation overview is also available.
• Partnerships Between Tribal Education Departments and Local Education Agencies by REL Central (Beesley, Mackety, Cicchinelli, et al., 2/28/2012) 
• Tribal Education Departments Report 2011 by Bowers/TEDNA (4/18/2011)
• Tribal Leaders Speak: The State of Indian Education, 2010 This report presents the themes that emerged from tribal leader listening sessions conducted by the U.S. Department of Education April through December 2010 (11/30/2011). A summary of the report and transcripts from each consultation are also available.  
• Views and Perspectives of Native Educational Success: A National Survey of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Others Associated with Indian Education by CHiXapkaid, Inglebret, & Krebill-Prather (10/30/2011)  
• Voices of Native Educators: Strategies that Support Success of Native High School Students by NEA & NIEA (6/2011)  

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External Links

• Alaska Federation of Natives
• Alaska Native Knowledge Network  
• American Indian Education KnowledgeBase  
• Bureau of Indian Education (Reports)  
• ERIC Website  
• National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE)  
• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Policy Research Center  
• Native Hawaiian Education and Wellbeing Research  
• Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs)  
• U.S. Dept. of Ed., Office of Indian Education