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| Note From the Acting Commissioner |
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Note From the Acting Commissioner
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By: | Gary W. Phillips |
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The Acting Commissioner of NCES outlines his goals for the Center. |
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Featured Topic:
Life After College |
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Life After College: A Descriptive Summary of 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients in 1997, With an Essay on Participation in Graduate and First-Professional Education |
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By: | Alexander C. McCormick, Anne-Marie Nuņez, Vishant Shah, and Susan P. Choy |
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Describes numerous aspects of bachelor's degree recipients' enrollment and employment experiences, including degree expectations, enrollment and persistence in advanced degree programs, and occupations and salaries. Discusses how experiences vary with student, enrollment, and job characteristics. |
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Invited Commentary: Part-Time Study Plus Full-Time Employment: The New Way to Go to Graduate School |
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By: |
Peter D. Syverson, Vice President for Research
and Information Services, Council of Graduate Schools |
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Invited Commentary: Baccalaureate and Beyond: Tracking Long-Term Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients |
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By: |
Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Executive Director,
Institutional Research, Tufts University |
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| Elementary and Secondary
Education |
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Participation of Kindergartners Through Third-Graders in Before- and After-School Care |
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By: | DeeAnn W. Brimhall, Lizabeth M. Reaney, and Jerry West |
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Provides data on rates of participation in various types of nonparental care, average number of hours spent in care per week, and families' out-of-pocket expenses for care. Includes differences by characteristics of children and their families. |
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Student Computer Use |
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By: | from The Condition of Education: 1998 |
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Presents rates of student computer use by grade level, frequency of use, reason for use, and family income. |
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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1997-98 |
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By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young |
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Provides information about the 100 largest school districts, including average and median school size, pupil/teacher ratios, number of high school graduates, number of pupils receiving special education services, and minority enrollment as a proportion of total enrollment. |
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Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 1997-98 |
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By: | Lee Hoffman |
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Contains national and state information on the number, type, size, and location of schools and districts. Also includes student race/ethnicity, participation in the Free Lunch Program, and participation in special education services. Contains dropout data for selected states. |
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Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 1996-1997 |
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By: | Frank Johnson |
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Presents national and state information on public education finances, including revenues by source, current expenditures by function, and current expenditures per pupil. |
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| Postsecondary Education |
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Students With Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation, and Outcomes |
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By: | Laura Horn and Jennifer Berktold |
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Based on the survey responses and transcripts of students with disabilities, examines these students' representation in, access to, and persistence in postsecondary education. Also includes early labor outcomes and graduate school enrollment rates among college graduates with disabilities. |
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An Institutional Perspective on Students With Disabilities in Postsecondary Education |
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By: | Laurie Lewis and Elizabeth Farris |
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Based on a national sample of postsecondary institutions, covers enrollments of students with disabilities, institutions enrolling these students, support services and accommodations for the students, education materials and activities for faculty and staff, and institutional recordkeeping. |
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Trends in Student Borrowing |
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By: | from The Condition of Education: 1998 |
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Provides rates of student borrowing and average amounts borrowed in 1992-93 and 1995-96. Includes differences by control and type of institution, class level, and family income. |
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Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: 1997-98 |
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By: | Roslyn A. Korb and Austin F. Lin |
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Presents tabulations of national and state data on the number of postsecondary institutions by Title IV eligibility, degree-granting status, control and level, and student services offered. Also provides median and mean institutional charges for full-time students. |
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| Crosscutting Statistics |
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Annual Earnings of Young Adults, by Educational Attainment |
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from The Condition of Education: 1998 |
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Provides ratios of the earnings of young adults who have different levels of educational attainment to the earnings of high school completers. Includes differences in these ratios for males and females and over time. |
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The Condition of Education: 1999 |
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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. Covers student performance and other outcomes of learning, the quality of educational environments at the elementary/secondary and postsecondary levels, public and family support for learning, and students' participation in and progress through the educational system. |
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| Methodology |
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The NAEP 1996 Technical Report |
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By: | Nancy L. Allen, James E. Carlson, and Christine A. Zelenak |
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Provides details on the instrument development, sample design, data collection, and data analysis procedures of the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend and main assessments for the nation. |
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Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study: 1993/97 Second Follow-up Methodology Report |
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By: | Patricia Green, Sharon Myers, Cynthia Veldman, and Steven Pedlow |
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Documents the methodology of the second follow-up interview, describing sample design, instrument development and data collection, response rates, efficacy of the survey instrument, and weights and design effects. |
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Evaluation of the NCES State Library Agencies Survey: An Examination of Duplication and Definitions in the Fiscal Section |
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By: | Laura Riley Aneckstein |
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Explores whether the fiscal section of this NCES survey duplicated any data collected by the Office of Library Programs and how selected definitions in the fiscal section could be revised to address problematic responses to certain items. |
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Coverage Evaluation of Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) |
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By: | Christopher C. Marston |
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Evaluates universe coverage, data coverage, and response rates. Includes examination of survey design and data collection, perceptions of regional survey coordinators, and reporting by public versus private institutions. |
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| Other Publications and Funding Opportunities |
| Other Publications |
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Selected Papers
in School Finance: 1997–99 |
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By: | William J. Fowler, Jr. (editor) |
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Federal Forecasters
Directory: 1999 |
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By: | Debra Gerald (editor) |
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Schools and
Staffing Survey (SASS) |
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By: | Ullik Rouk |
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Snapshots
of Public Schools in the United States: Results From the Schools and
Staffing Survey |
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By: | Jin Kwon, Martha Naomi Alt, and Robin R. Henke |
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Snapshots
of Private Schools in the United States: Results From the Schools
and Staffing Survey |
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By: | Jin Kwon, Martha Naomi Alt, and Robin R. Henke |
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Teachers on
Teaching: Results From the Schools and Staffing Survey |
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By: | Jin Kwon, Martha Naomi Alt, and Robin R. Henke |
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The Condition
of Education: 1998 Supplemental and Standard Error Tables |
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| Funding Opportunities |
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The AERA Grants
Program |
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The AIR Grant
Program—Information for the 2000 Grant Year |
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The NAEP
Secondary Analysis Grant Program |
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