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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 and Crosscutting Studies Division |
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Discusses the development of The Condition of Education report and describes the two other flagship reports that NCES produces annually. |
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| Featured Topic: The Condition of Education |
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The Condition of Education: 2001 |
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By: | National Center for Education Statistics |
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Focuses on indicators that present data on numerous aspects of the condition and progress of education in the United States, including academic, social, and economic outcomes; enrollments and participation at all levels; and the quality of educational environments. |
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Invited Commentary: Uses and Limitations of Indicator Data |
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By: | Andrew C. Porter, Director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Invited Commentary: Research-Based Programs to Close Postsecondary Education Gaps |
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By: | Vinetta C. Jones, Dean, School of Education, Howard University |
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| Elementary and Secondary Education |
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The Nation’s Report Card: Fourth-Grade Reading 2000 |
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By: | Patricia L. Donahue, Robert J. Finnegan, Anthony D. Lutkus, Nancy L. Allen, and Jay R. Campbell |
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Reports on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2000 Reading Assessment of fourth-graders, presenting results for the nation, comparisons with the results of previous assessments, results for subgroups of students, and results when testing accommodations are permitted for special-needs students. |
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Civics: What Do Fourth-Graders Know, and What Can They Do? |
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By: | Carol Johnson and Alan Vanneman |
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Describes fourth-graders’ performance on 30 questions from the NAEP 1998 Civics Assessment. Includes samples of students’ written responses. |
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Civics: What Do Eighth-Graders Know, and What Can They Do? |
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By: | Carol Johnson and Alan Vanneman |
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Describes eighth-graders’ performance on 37 questions from the NAEP 1998 Civics Assessment. Includes samples of students’ written responses. |
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Civics: What Do 12th-Graders Know, and What Can They Do? |
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By: | Carol Johnson and Alan Vanneman |
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Describes 12th-graders’ performance on 38 questions from the NAEP 1998 Civics Assessment. Includes samples of students’ written responses. |
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Fathers’ and Mothers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Schools by Family Type and Resident Status |
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By: | Christine Winquist Nord and Jerry West |
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Examines parents’ school involvement by family type and explores the association between their involvement and whether students get mostly A’s, have ever repeated a grade, or have ever been suspended or expelled. |
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Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 1999–2000 |
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By: | Ghedam Bairu |
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Provides the following national and state data for public elementary and secondary schools in 1999-2000: number of students enrolled, number of staff by type, number of high school graduates, and race/ethnicity of students and graduates. |
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Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994–2000 |
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By: | Anne Cattagni and Elizabeth Farris |
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Examines the progress of public schools in providing students and teachers with access to computers and the Internet. Includes comparisons by school characteristics. |
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Staff Data Handbook for Elementary, Secondary, and Early Childhood Education: 2001 Edition |
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By: | Oona Cheung and Beth Aronstamm Young |
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Provides guidelines for consistent maintenance of staff information by schools, school districts, state education agencies, and other institutions. |
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| Postsecondary Education |
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Credits and Attainment: Returns to Postsecondary Education Ten Years After High School |
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By: | Brian Zucker and Royal Dawson |
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Describes the earnings of young adults who have some college but no postsecondary degree. Explores associations of earnings with demographic and family background, high school preparation, postsecondary experience, and early work experience. |
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Attrition of New Teachers Among Recent College Graduates: Comparing Occupational Stability Among 1992–93 Graduates Who Taught and Those Who Worked in Other Occupations |
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By: | Robin R. Henke and Lisa Zahn |
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Looks at the occupational stability of 1992-93 bachelor’s degree recipients, examining whether those who were teaching in 1994 were more or less likely than those who were working in other occupations in 1994 to have left the workforce or be working in a different occupation by 1997. |
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Background Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Faculty and Instructional Staff in Postsecondary Institutions: Fall 1998 |
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By: | Linda J. Zimbler |
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Provides overview data on all faculty and instructional staff in public and private not-for-profit 2-year-and-above postsecondary institutions, as well as more detailed data on those who have duties involving instruction for which students receive credit. |
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| Libraries |
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The Status of Academic Libraries in the United States: Results From the 1996 Academic Library Survey With Historical Comparisons |
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By: | Maggie Cahalan, Wendy Mansfield, and Natalie Justh |
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Presents detailed data on the status of academic libraries in 1996, as well as historical comparisons with previous years, focusing on comparisons since 1990. |
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| International Statistics |
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What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders: U.S. Results From the International IEA Civic Education Study |
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By: | Stéphane Baldi, Marianne Perie, Dan Skidmore, Elizabeth Greenberg, and Carole Hahn |
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Presents U.S. results from an assessment of the civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes of 14-year-old students in 28 countries, describing the performance of U.S. students relative to their counterparts in other countries and examining contextual factors and student characteristics that relate to U.S. students’ civic knowledge and attitudes. |
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| Methodology |
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Monetary Incentives for Low-Stakes Tests |
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By: | Harold F. O’Neil, Jr., Jamal Abedi, Charlotte Lee, Judy Miyoshi, and Ann Mastergeorge |
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Documents the findings of an experiment in which 12th-grade students taking a math assessment were given monetary incentives to see whether such incentives would improve their performance. |
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1999 Customer Satisfaction Survey Report: How Do We Measure Up? |
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By: | Sameena Salvucci, Albert C.E. Parker, R. William Cash, and Lori Thurgood |
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Summarizes results of a 1999 survey regarding how satisfied federal, state, and local policymakers; academic researchers; and journalists were with NCES publications, databases, and services. Compares results in 1999 with results in 1997. |
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| Other Publications and Funding Opportunities |
| Other Publications |
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The Nation's Report Card: Fourth-Grade Reading Highlights 2000 |
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By: | Shari L. Santapau |
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Highlights of U.S. Results From the International IEA Civic Education Study (CivEd) |
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By: | Stéphane Baldi, Marianne Perie, Dan Skidmore, Elizabeth Greenberg, and Carole Hahn |
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Public School Finance Programs of the United States and Canada: 1998–99 |
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By: | Catherine C. Sielke, John Dayton, C. Thomas Holmes, and Anne L. Jefferson (compilers) |
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The Condition of Education: 2000 in Brief |
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By: | Jeanne H. Nathanson |
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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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