The Rough Rock Demonstration School

A Case History with Implications for Educational Evaluation

Bibliographic Data

ID2499173
AuthorsT L Mccarty (Arizona State University, corresponding author), T Mccarty
Year1987
Volume46
Issue2
Pages103-112
Publication date1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/humo.46.2.m25p51234344u384
OpenAlexW2091791576
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

Lacking access to wage and educational opportunities in the larger society, the Navajo community of Rough Rock in northeastern Arizona was until recently characterized by isolation and poverty. Through events initiated outside Rough Rock a new educational and economic enterprise, the Rough Rock Demonstration School, was established there in 1966. Its purpose was to enhance self-leadership and draw local residents into the school. This was achieved by the election of a Navajo school board and the incorporation of Navajo language and culture into the curriculum. Through these means the school served to alter both the local sociocultural system and federal policy. This study details the development of the Rough Rock community and school, and the external and internal forces shaping that development. The processes affecting educational outcomes and student achievement at the Rough Rock School are then analyzed as they relate to the issue of evaluation

Mathematics education · Sociology · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Psychology

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