The present report is comprised on the prevailing facts and different trends in the education of American Indian and Alaska Natives by using statistical measures. There are number of Indicators being used to have a clear picture of the education and other benefits by American Indian and Alaska Natives. If we look at the history of past 20 years then we can clearly see that these people have made a great progress in getting the key education with respect to differences in the performances of the Natives and White students remain.

The report is divided into four categories: Demographic Overview; Preprimary, Elementary, and Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; and Outcomes of Education. The data in this reports has been collected from several surveys conducted at different intervals of time, including from the National Center for Education Statistics –

Universe Surveys:
Sample Surveys:
Study of 2002
This report also carries data from the different federal agencies and other organizations, including:
* American College Testing Program (ACT
* College Board: Advanced Placement Program and SAT
* Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
* U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau:
* U.S. Department of Education: Office for Civil Rights
* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
* U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA):

Most of the data presented in this report were collected in surveys that allowed respondents to self-identify their race and ethnicity. This report uses the term American Indian/Alaska Native in accordance with the definition used by the agency that gathered the data. The data collection survey says that anyone has origins in any of the original peoples of North America (including Central America). The definition includes American Indians from South America in recent collection years of sample survey data.

The survey deals with anyone, who is an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe. The Bureau of Indian Americans (BIA) has acknowledged the process,. It says that the various tribal groups may be given federal recognition as Indian tribes, making their members eligible to receive services provided to the Natives.

If you look at the revised standards require a minimum of these five categories for data on race: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. Even there is a category recognizing the fact that the people claim to be the members of more than one category.

An interesting point to be noted is that White, Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native are considered races, while Hispanic origin is considered an ethnicity. Therefore, persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Race categories presented in this report exclude those persons of Hispanic origin.

It is a reality that the American Indian and Alaska Native people have a low population size and it causes a difficulty in the collection of the statistical data The most common problem faced by the researchers is the availability of a small group of American Indians and Alaska Natives, which reduces the reliability factor of the data often face small sample sizes that reduce the reliability of results. Therefore the errors in the survey data of these Native carries numerous errors and not being relied by most of the experts.

As we have already discussed that the survey data carries many errors and it happens especially at a time of respondent’s self-identify and their race or ethnicity. There is a fact that the type of question and the manner of putting it in front also makes a difference in the response by the individual. It usually happens with the people, who consider themselves of mixed descent.