Review of Academic Achievement at Ojo Encino Day School in New Mexico

We inspected Ojo Encino Day School, a BIE-operated day school located on the Navajo Reservation in Cuba, NM, and found that it had a comprehensive needs assessment but that the needs assessment did not address a number of critical areas. Since the Ojo Encino Day School’s assessment was incomplete, specific needs of the school’s unique student population may remain unknown to school administrators, leaving the school unable to effectively prioritize its resources to ensure the successful educational achievement of its student population.

 

In addition, school children may have mastered conversational English but may not be able to express themselves effectively using academic English, the formal written, auditory, and visual language used in learning environments. All states require some type of English language learner (ELL) assessment that ranges from simply asking parents to identify the primary language spoken in the home to a formal test administered to all students. We found that Ojo Encino Day School had administered ELL assessments.

 

We made one recommendations that, if implemented, should improve educational achievement efforts at the Ojo Encino Day School.