# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1074
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876 , PARISH EDUCATION

2. To select helpful tests.in other areas. ae

3. If possible to study special outcomes of Lutheran educatié
in the secular studies.: In other words, the committee does ni
propose to duplicate the fine mental and achievements tests. th
have been developed for use in the public schools, ‘

From a number of suggested projects the committee has chosen
three for its initial efforts in this field. They are: ai

1. A test of Biblical information.

2. Achievement tests on the Catechism.

3. A group test of Christian personality.

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Work on these tests was initiated at a workshop on tests and:
measurements held at Concordia Teachers College, River Forest:
August 1—5, 1949, For each test a separate committee was ap-i
pointed, and the entire group gave counsel on the reports of thé
various projects. Since that time the several committees have b.
active in developing still further the findings of the workské

_ Session. The committee hopes to make these tests available wi iy
the near future. The production of valid and reliable tests is
an easy matter nor a task which can be accomplished in a-sh
space of time. For that reason the committee is proceeding slow!
and making good use of the available talent in our circles, that?
persons with special background in the field of tests and meas ;
ments. , ,

A special grant of $5,000 from the Committee on Alloe
C.T.O. Funds for Scholarly Research provides funds neces ay
for the completion of these projects and for beginning work on ads
ditional projects. me

State Aid to Non-public Schools

The 1947 synodical convention re-affirmed the position takér
on State aid to non-public schools at the 1944 session and resolved:
that the Board for Parish Education and other interested partié:
be encouraged to study the problem. The Board for Parish Edu
cation has continued its study of this problem and the relat
problem of Federal aid to education.

Further study has persuaded us that distinction between e
social service program of the State and the granting of tax moné
by the State to subsidize the instructional program is a valid
The use of government funds for the teaching program of ch
schools is support of religious instruction and is thus contrary 4
the First Amendment of the Constitution. Under the child-bené
theory, the State’s welfare program as it confers benefits on’ éhil
dren through bus transportation, health service, and the like; i%
aid to the child and not to the school. It is our conviction that vy