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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| NCES 2008084 | Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008
This report examines both the educational progress of American Indian/Alaska Native children and adults and challenges in their education. It shows that over time more American Indian/Alaska Native students have gone on to college and that their attainment expectations have increased. Despite these gains, progress has been uneven and differences persist between American Indian/Alaska Native students and students of other racial/ethnic groups on key indicators of educational performance. |
9/30/2008 |
| WWC TRCE07 | Character Education Topic Report
Character education is a fairly new and rapidly evolving topic for curriculum interventions. It is also broad, often overlapping with other program areas. Character can encompass such moral and ethical values as respect, fairness, and caring--as well as responsibility, trustworthiness, and citizenship. And it can refer to the demonstration of these values in behavior, reasoning, and emotions. Some character education programs integrate activities in social studies, English, and math. Some create communities of students, teachers, and parents to foster respect and caring. And some use in-class stories, games, songs, and activity books to encourage the acceptance of other cultures. To set some bounds on this evolving topic, the WWC identified programs that deliberately attempt to develop students' character by teaching core values and that had most if not all of their lesson plans or prescribed activities directly related to instilling those values. Most programs did not enter our review because of this criterion. For programs that did, most had only one or two small studies that met our evidence standards. For these studies, student outcomes were measured in three domains: behavior, academic achievement, and knowledge, attitudes, and values. |
6/4/2007 |
| NCES 2006328 | The Adult Lives of At-Risk Students: The Roles of Attainment and Engagement in High School
Previous analysis of NELS:88 data found that students who are at-risk of school failure, but who are engaged and participate in school, achieve educational success. The 1993 study was a cross-sectional examination of the differences among successful versus unsuccessful students at-risk of school failure, particularly with respect to participation and engagement in school. The current study is a longitudinal investigation of the power of participating in high school and later educational outcomes. High school noncompleters, with the highest level of academic risk, stood out in each case. In postsecondary education programs, noncompleters earned the fewest credits; the mean number of credits earned by noncompleters who entered a postsecondary program was 17.0, compared to 49.4 credits for marginal completers and 87.8 credits for successful completers. High school noncompleters were less likely to be employed in 2000 (77 percent) than were successful completers (88 percent) or marginal completers (86 percent). |
4/13/2006 |
| NCES 2005108 | Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives
This report examines both the current conditions and recent trends in the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives using statistical measures. It presents a selection of indicators that illustrate the educational achievement and attainment of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Over the past 20 years, American Indians/Alaska Natives have made gains in key education areas, such as increased educational attainment. However, gaps in academic performance between American Indian/ Alaska Native and White students remain. |
8/25/2005 |
| NCES 2005050 | Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth
Youth Indicators contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning. |
7/29/2005 |
| NCES 2005016 | Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women: 2004
This statistical report assembles a series of indicators that examine the extent to which males and females have access to the same educational opportunities, avail themselves equally of these opportunities, perform at similar levels throughout schooling, succeed at similar rates, and reap the same benefits from their educational experiences. This report serves as an update of an earlier publication, Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women (NCES 2000-030), which was prepared for Congress in 2000. |
11/19/2004 |
| NCES 2004037 | The Summer after Kindergarten: Children’s Activities and Library Use by Socioeconomic Status
This Issue Brief provides a description of children’s participation in various activities during the summer after kindergarten. Children’s participation in activities is compared across a measure of SES. This Brief also takes a closer look at one summer activity in particular—children’s library use. The Issue Brief draws on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K), which provide nationally representative information regarding the approximately 3.9 million children enrolled in kindergarten during the 1998–99 school year. The ECLS-K included a parent interview in fall 1999 that asked parents about their children’s participation in activities during the summer of 1999. |
9/9/2004 |
| NCES 2001029REV | ECLS-K, Base Year Public-Use Data File, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99: Data Files and Electronic Code Book (Child, Teacher, School Files), and User's Manual
The ECLS-K base year public-use data are available on CD-ROM. The User's Manual is reproduced on the CD and includes a description of the study design and information to help users access and use the data files and electronic codebook contained on the CD. |
8/18/2004 |
| NCES 2003008 | Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics
Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics draws on the many statistics published by NCES in a variety of reports and synthesizes these data in one compact volume. In addition to indicators drawn from existing government reports, some indicators were developed specifically for this report. The objective of this report is to make information about the educational status of Hispanics easily accessible to a variety of audiences. |
4/15/2003 |
| NCES 2002127 | ECLS-K First Grade Restricted-Use Child File
This CD-ROM contains an electronic code book (ECB), a restricted-use child-level data file, and survey and ECB documentation for the fall and spring first grade waves of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). All data collected from the sampled children, their parents, teachers, and schools are included. |
12/12/2001 |
| NCES 2000097 | ECLS-K Restricted-Use Base Year: Child File, Teacher File, and School File
This CD-ROM contains an electronic code book (ECB), restricted-use data files, and survey and ECB documentation for the base year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). Child, teacher, and school restricted-use data are included. |
3/21/2001 |
| NCES 2000030 | Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women
This report responds to a Congressional mandate to assemble a series of indicators that examine the extent to which males and females have access to the same educational opportunities. These 44 indicators looks at how males and females avail themselves equally of these opportunities, perform at the same level, succeed at the same rate, and obtain the same benefits. |
4/25/2000 |
| NCES 2000061 | Participation of Migrant Students in Title I Migrant Education Program (MEP) Summer-Term Projects, 1998
This report provides national data on migrant-education summer-term programs in 1998, based on data collected by the NCES through its Fast Response Survey System. The report uses data from school districts and private organizations that offered summer-term programs for migrant students in 1998. Estimates are presented for the number of programs, their enrollment sizes, and the percentage receiving technical assistance from the state. The report also describes instructional and support services offered by the summer-term programs. |
2/28/2000 |
| NCES 2000004 | Indicator of the Month: Family Characteristics of 6- to 12-Year-olds
The family environment in which a child lives affects many aspects of that child’s life, including school performance. Between 1972 and 1998, the educational attainment of parents and the employment rate of mothers of 6- to 12-year-olds increased, while the employment rate of fathers decreased and median family income remained relatively stable. |
1/6/2000 |
| NCES 97981 | Findings from The Condition of Education 1997: The Social Context of Education
This essay is taken from The Condition of Education, 1997. Associations between student-level social factors and different indicators of educational access and progress are reviewed. For each student background factor, the essay will point out how these factors have changed for families and children over time, as well as how they affect various racial/ethnic groups. |
7/17/1997 |
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