Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify the individual environmental and educational factors in the difference of the achievements between schools in isolated villages.
For that purpose, standardized tests of arithmetic and national language were administered in two schools A and B, to measure the achievements of children and a large difference between those two schools was revealed. The author also studied by and large the individuals and environmental factors, which caused the differences of achievements of children in two schools K and S. Nine of those factors appeared to be significant. Of those factors the following seven factors were significant in schools A and B; intelligence, study hours, parental interest in education, atmosphere of the home, calture conditions such as radio, newspaper, magazines etc.; and academic background of children's parents.
By quantifying each item of those seven factors, the total score of the factors was counted for each school children of A and B. The difference of average scores between two schools was significant of 0.1% level. And a close relationship between the factor score and the achievement in each children was apparent.
The school B was a little poorer than A in four factors, such as schools plants, teacher personal, teaching techniques, and the types of extra-curricular activities.
