Acknowledgments

Projections of Education Statistics to 2010 was produced by the National Center for Education Statistics in the Early Childhood, International, and Crosscutting Studies Division under the general direction of Thomas D. Snyder, Director of the Annual Reports Program. The report was prepared by Debra E. Gerald, Mathematical Statistician, and William J. Hussar, Financial Economist.

Debra E. Gerald prepared projections of the following: elementary and secondary enrollment (chapter 1); higher education enrollment (chapter 2); high school graduates (chapter 3); earned degrees conferred (chapter 4); and classroom teachers (chapter 5). In addition, she prepared the appendixes explaining the methodologies used to develop these projections and the data sources. William J. Hussar prepared the projections of expenditures of public elementary and secondary schools, including public school teacher salaries (chapter 6) and expenditures of institutions of higher education (chapter 7). In addition, he prepared the appendixes explaining the methodologies used to obtain the expenditure projections, selected portions of the data sources, andglossary.

The technical review was done by Ellen Bradburn of the National Center for Education Statistics and David Miller of the Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI). Mary McLaughlin and Megan Warnick of ESSI assisted in the technical review of this report. The adjudication was done by Marilyn M. McMillen, Chief Statistician of the National Center for Education Statistics. Valuable assistance was also provided by the following reviewers: Arlene Dohm of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; Brenda Giles of the New Mexico Department of Education; Vance Grant of the National Library of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement; Patricia Maloney of the American Council on Education; Gregory Spencer of the U.S. Census Bureau; and William Fowler, Frank Morgan, John Sietsema, and Peter Stowe of the National Center for Education Statistics.

The cover was designed by Philip Carr, Media and Information Services, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.