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| Note From NCES |
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Note From NCES |
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By: |
Val Plisko, Associate Commissioner, Early Childhood, International & Crosscutting Studies Division |
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Examines the need for and challenges faced by the NCES Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTES) and similar efforts to draw data on specific sectors of education from a variety of sources. |
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| Featured Topic: Vocational
Education Data |
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Introduction: The
Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTES) |
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By: |
Lisa Hudson, Education Statistician, NCES Data
Development Program |
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Discusses the history, features, and ongoing development
of the CTES, which provides detailed information on vocational education
at the national level. |
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Invited Commentary:
Informing Policy on Vocational Education: Data Development for the
Next Decade |
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By: |
Gary Hoachlander, President, MPR Associates, Inc. |
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Invited Commentary:
The Role of CTES in Policy Decisionmaking |
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By: |
Marsha Silverberg, Deputy Director, National Assessment
of Vocational Education, Planning and Evaluation Service, U.S. Department
of Education |
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| Elementary and Secondary Education |
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The Kindergarten Year: Findings
From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 |
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By: | Jerry West, Kristin Denton, and Lizabeth M. Reaney |
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Describes children's gains in two areas during the kindergarten year; overall reading and mathematics knowledge and skills, and specific knowledge and skills. Examines differences by child, family and school characteristics. |
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NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic
Progress: Three Decades of Student Performance |
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By: | Jay R. Campbell, Catherine M. Hombo, and John Mazzeo |
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Provides the results of long-term trend assessments in reading, mathematics, and science, examining the trends in 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds' achievement in these three subjects over the past 30 years. |
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Dropout Rates in the United States:
1999 |
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By: | Phillip Kaufman, Jim Y. Kwon, Steve Klein, and Christopher D. Chapman |
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Presents high school dropout and completion rates for 1999, as well as time-series data for 1972 to 1999. Also examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and completers in 1999. |
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Indicators of School Crime and
Safety: 2000 |
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By: | Phillip Kaufman, Xianglei Chen, Susan P. Choy, Sally A. Ruddy, Amanda K. Miller, Jill K. Fleury, Kathryn A. Chandler, Michael R. Rand, Patsy Klaus, and Michael G. Planty |
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Presents indicators of various aspects of school crime and safety, including new data on hate-related language and updated data on student and teacher victimization, students' perception of safety and the presence of gangs, and students' avoidance of places at school. |
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Teachers' Tools for the 21st
Century: A Report on Teachers' Use of Technology |
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By: | Becky Smerdon, Stephanie Cronen, Lawrence Lanahan, Jennifer Anderson, Nicholas Iannotti, and January Angeles |
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Decribes teachers' use of education technology for instructional purposes in their classrooms and schools, the availability of this technology, teachers' training and preparation for using this technology, and the barriers to their using it. |
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| Postsecondary Education |
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Salaries
and Tenure of Full-Time Instructional Faculty on 9- and 10-month Contracts:
1998-1999 |
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By: | Rosa M. Fernandez |
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Provides the numbers, tenure status, and average salaries
of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts at
degree-granting postsecondary institutions that are eligible to participate
in Title IV programs. |
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| Public, State, and Federal Libraries |
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State
Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 1999 |
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By: | P. Elaine Kroe |
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Contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including these agencies' governance, services, collectionsk staff, and income and expenditures. |
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| International Statistics |
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Mathematics
and Science in the Eighth Grade: Findings from the Third International
Mathematics and Science Study |
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| Crosscutting Statistics |
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Federal Support for Education:
Fiscal Years 1980 to 2000 |
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By: | Charlene M. Hoffman |
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Provides a comprehensive picture of federal financial support for education, including both Department of Education programs and other support. |
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| Methodology |
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NAEP
Scoring of Fourth-Grade Narrative Writing |
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By: | Sheida White and Alan Venneman |
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Includes the guide used by scorers of fourth-grade narrative writing in 1998, samples of students responses at each of the six levels of performance, and discussion of the scoring method. |
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NAEP Scoring of Eighth-Grade
Informative Writing |
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By: | Sheida White and Alan Venneman |
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Includes the guide used by scorers of eighth-grade narrative writing in 1998, samples of students responses at each of the six levels of performance, and discussion of the scoring method. |
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NAEP Scoring of Twelfth-Grade
Persuasive Writing |
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By: | Sheida White and Alan Venneman |
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Includes the guide used by scorers of 12th-grade narrative writing in 1998, samples of students responses at each of the six levels of performance, and discussion of the scoring method. |
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Issues Related to Estimating
the Home-Schooled Population in the United States With National Household
Survey Data |
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By: | Robin R. Henke, Phillip Kaufman, Stephen P. Broughman, and Kathryn Chandler |
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Examines differences in the design and execution of two surveys - the 1996 National Household Education Survey (NHES) and the 1994 October Current Population Survey (CPS) - that may have contributed to disparate estimates of the number and proportion of home-schooled children. |
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National Household Education
Survey of 1999: Methodology Report |
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By: | Mary Jo Nolin, Jill Montaquila, Patricia Nicchitta, Kwang Kim, Brian Kleiner, Jean Lennon, Christopher Chapman, Sean Creighton, and Stacey Bielick |
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Describes the design, implementation, and release of the 1999 National Household Education Survey (NHES). Includes discussion of the goals of the survey, selection of survey topics, and design of the survey instruments. |
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| Data Products, Other Publications, and Funding Opportunities |
| Data Products |
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Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99: Base Year
Public-Use Data Files and User's Manual |
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Data File: CCD
Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey: School Year 1998–1999
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Data File: CCD
Local Education Agency Universe Survey: School Year 1998–1999 |
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| Other Publications |
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Building an Automated
Student Record System: A Step-by-Step Guide for Local and State Education
Agencies |
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By: | Barbara Clements |
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National Household
Education Survey of 1999: Data File User's Manual (volumes I, II,
III, and IV) |
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By: | Mary Jo Nolin, Jill Montaquila, Jean Lennon, Brian Kleiner, Kwang Kim, Christopher Chapman, Kathryn Chandler, Sean Creighton, and Stacey Bielick |
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| Funding Opportunities |
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The AERA Grants
Program |
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The NAEP Secondary
Analysis Grant Program |
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