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- Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)
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SASS School Library Media Center Survey (SLS)
7. Methodology and evaluation Reports
General
Bitterman, A., Gray, L., and Goldring, R. (2013). Characteristics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Centers in the United States: Results From the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES 2013–315). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013315.pdf
Gruber, K., Rohr, C.L., and Fondelier, S.E. (1996). 1993–94 Schools and Staffing Survey: Data File User’s Manual, Volume I: Survey Documentation (NCES 96-142). National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.https://nces.ed.gov/pubs/96142.pdf
Michie, J. S., and Holton, B.A. (2005). America’s Public School Libraries: 1953–2000 (NCES 2005–324). U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005324.pdf
Strizek, G.A., Pittsonberger, J.L., Riordan, K.E., Lyter, D.M., and Orlofsky, G.F. (2006). Characteristics of Schools, Districts, Teachers, Principals, and School Libraries in the United States: 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES 2006-313 Revised). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006313.pdf
Tourkin, S.C., Pugh, K.W., Fondelier, S.E., Parmer, R.J., Cole, C., Jackson, B., Warner, T., Weant, G., and Walter, E.(2004). 1999–2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Data File User’s Manual (NCES 2004-303). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004303.pdf
Tourkin, S.C., Warner, T., Parmer, R., Cole, C., Jackson, B., Zukerberg, A., Cox, S., and Soderborg, A. (2007). Documentation for the 2003–04 Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES 2007-337). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007337.pdf
Tourkin, S., Thomas, T., Swaim, N., Cox, S., Parmer, R., Jackson, B., Cole, C., and Zhang, B. (2010). Documentation for the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES 2010-332). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED565839.pdf
U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. School Library Media Centers: 1993–94, NCES 98–282, by Bradford Chaney. Project Officer, Jeffrey Williams. Washington, DC: 1998. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98282.pdf
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The Status of Public and Private School Library Media Centers in the United States: 1999-2000, NCES 2004-313, by Barbara Holton, Yupin Bae, Susan Baldridge, Michelle Brown, and Dan Heffron. Washington, DC: 2004.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004313.pdf
Use of Data
Dickson, G. (1998). Evaluation of Definitions and Analysis of Comparative Data for the School Library Statistics Program (NCES 98-267). National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98267.pdf
Survey Designs
Abramson, R., Cole, C., Fondelier, S., Jackson, B., Parmer, R., and Kaufman, S. (1996). 1993–94 Schools and Staffing Survey: Sample Design and Estimation (NCES 96-089). National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
Data Quality and Comparability
Feindt, P.J. (1996). Reinterview Report: Response Variance in the 1993 Library Survey. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
