ITV in American Samoa - after nine years

A description of the educational reform project built around instructional television (ITV) in the Pacific Islands USA, specifically American Samoa - The project began in 1964 as an attempt to completely modernize the educational organization. After nine years there is insufficient data for satisfactory programme evaluation but some conclusions are drawn. Allocation per student is very high, due to the application of an expensive medium to a relatively small student body. There was some improvement in achievement in English but students' performance is similar to second language schools elsewhere. Generally, students could be compared with disadvantaged groups on the mainland. As regards student attitudes and teacher attitudes towards ITV, resistance increases from lower to upper grades and between primary and secondary teachers. The author uses the Samoan example to raise questions to be considered by countries engaged in educational planning or considering instructional television.