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Note From NCES |
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Note From
NCES |
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By: |
Peggy G. Carr, Associate Commissioner, Assessment Division |
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Describes the importance of high school transcripts in
studying coursetaking patterns and achievement. |
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Featured Topic: The NAEP High School
Transcript Study |
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The High School Transcript Study: A Decade of Change in Curricula and Achievement, 1990–2000 |
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By: |
Robert Perkins, Brian Kleiner, Stephen Roey, and Janis Brown |
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Presents findings from the 2000 High School Transcript Study
(HSTS:2000) and examines the trends and changes in high
school curriculum and student coursetaking patterns for the
past decade. Presents results from HSTS:2000 with respect to
earned course credits, grade point average, and education
achievement. |
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Invited Commentary: The NAEP 2000 Transcript Study: Contributing to the National Conversation on Transforming America's High Schools |
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By: |
Susan Sclafani, Counselor to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education |
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Early Childhood Education |
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Kindergarten Teachers: Public and Private School Teachers of the Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 |
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By: |
Elvira Germino Hausken, Jill Walston, and Amy H. Rathbun |
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Describes the demographic characteristics and professional
qualifications of U.S. public and private school kindergarten
teachers. Also examines kindergarten data on the schools and
classrooms where they teach. |
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Full-Day and Half-Day Kindergarten in the United States: Findings From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 |
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Jill Walston and Jerry West |
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Describes the schools, both public and private, that offer fullday
and half-day kindergarten programs and the children who
attend them. Examines the composition and structure of
public school classes and the instructional practices used by
teachers. |
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Elementary and Secondary Education |
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The High School Sophomore Class of 2002: A Demographic Description-First Results From the Base Year of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002
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By: |
Steven J. Ingels and Leslie A. Scott |
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Summarizes the sociodemographic and educational characteristics
of the sophomore class of 2002, captured in a series of
student- and school-level classification variables. |
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Before- and After-School Care, Programs, and Activities of Children in Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade: 2001 |
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By: |
Brian Kleiner, Mary Jo Nolin, and Chris Chapman |
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Examines the ways kindergartners through eighth-graders
spend their time out of school: with relatives or nonrelatives
in a home setting, in center- or school-based programs or
activities, or by themselves. |
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Revenues and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 2000–2001 |
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By: |
Frank Johnson |
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Reports on public school district revenues and expenditures
per student. Presents national and state values for the median
school district and for districts at the 10th and 90th percentiles. |
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Postsecondary Education |
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Undergraduate Enrollments in Academic, Career, and Vocational Education |
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By: |
Lisa Hudson and Linda Shafer |
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Examines postsecondary vocational education within the
context of all undergraduate education using a new taxonomy
that classifies all undergraduate majors as academic majors or
career majors. |
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Libraries |
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The Status of Public and Private School Library Media Centers in the United States: 1999–2000 |
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By: |
Barbara Holton, Yupin Bae, Susan Baldridge, Michelle Brown, and Dan Heffron |
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Examines the state of public and private school library media
centers in 1999–2000 by addressing the following topics:
characteristics of library media centers, staff characteristics,
expenditures, collection holdings, and library policies. |
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State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 2002 |
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By: |
Barbara Holton, Elaine Kroe, Patricia O'Shea, Cindy Sheckells, Suzanne Dorinski, and Michael Freeman |
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Contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and
the District of Columbia, including these agencies’ governance,
special operations, services, collections, staff, and
income and expenditures. |
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Crosscutting
Statistics |
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The Condition of Education 2004 |
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By: |
National Center for Education Statistics |
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Focuses on indicators of the condition and progress of
education in the United States, including participation and
persistence, student performance, and societal support. Also
includes this year's special analysis of changes in student
financial aid between 1989–90 and 1999–2000. |
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Language Minorities and Their Educational and Labor Market Indicators-Recent Trends |
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By: |
Steven Klein, Rosio Bugarin, Renee Beltranena, and Edith McArthur |
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Examines trends in the characteristics of the U.S. language
minority population from 1979 through 1999, including
changes in the number and proportion of this population and
their education, income, and labor force outcomes. |
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Data Products,
Other Publications, Training and Funding Opportunities |
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Data Products |
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CD-ROM: School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)
2000 Public-Use Data Files, User's Manual, and Detailed
Data Documentation |
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Data File: CCD Public Elementary/Secondary School
Universe Survey: School Year 2002–03 |
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Data File: CCD Local Education Agency Universe Survey:
School Year 2002–03 |
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Data File: School District Finance Survey: FY 2001
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Data File: CCD State Nonfiscal Survey of Public
Elementary/Secondary Education: School Year
2002–03
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Data File: CCD National Public Education Financial
Survey: Fiscal Year 2002
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Data File, Public Use: Public Libraries Survey:
Fiscal Year 2002
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Data File: State Library Agencies Survey: Fiscal
Year 2002
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1999–2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)
CD-ROM: Public-Use Data With Electronic Codebook
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Other Publications |
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Crime and Safety in America's Public Schools: Selected
Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety |
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By: |
National Center for Education Statistics |
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Education Longitudinal Study of 2002: Base-Year Data File
User's Manual
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By: |
Steven J. Ingels, Daniel J. Pratt, James E. Rogers, Peter H. Siegel,
and Ellen S. Stutts |
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Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student
Information: State and Local Education Agencies
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By: |
National Forum on Education Statistics |
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Handbooks Online
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By: |
ESP Solutions Group and Council of Chief State School Officers
(CCSSO) Data Quality and Standards Project, and Beth A. Young |
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Paying for College: Changes Between 1990 and 2000
for Full-Time Dependent Undergraduates
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By: |
Susan P. Choy |
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The Condition of Education 2004 in Brief
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By: |
Andrea Livingston and John Wirt (editors) |
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Pocket Projections of Education Statistics to 2013
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By: |
William J. Hussar and Debra E. Gerald |
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Training and Funding Opportunities |
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Training |
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The AERA Grants
Program |
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The NAEP Secondary
Analysis Grant Program |
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AIR Grants Program |
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NPEC/AIR Focused
Grants |
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