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| A
Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002: Initial
Results From the Base Year of the Education Longitudinal Study
of 2002,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Steven J. Ingels,
Laura J. Burns, Stephanie Charleston, Xianglei Chen, and Emily
Forrest Cataldi |
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Presents findings from the base year of the Education
Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002). Provides descriptive information
about the experiences and characteristics of a nationally representative
sample of 10th-graders who were studied in spring 2002. |
| Adolescent Cigarette
Smoking: A Longitudinal Analysis Through Young Adulthood,
from from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
David C. Miller |
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Presents the incidence of daily smoking among adolescents
at various points over a 12-year period. Identifies several specific
developmental patterns and examines them in relation to various
descriptive characteristics. |
| Internet Access in
U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2003, from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Basmat Parsad and
Jennifer Jones |
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Presents 10 years of data on internet access in public
schools, including national estimates as well as selected findings
by school characteristics. |
| Rates of Computer
and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students
in Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade: 2003, from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Matthew DeBell |
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Describes the percentages of students in grade 12
or below who used computers or the Internet in 2003. |
| Distance Education
Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students:
2002–03, from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
J. Carl Setzer and
Laurie Lewis |
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Presents national estimates of the number of districts
and schools with students enrolled in distance education courses,
as well as the number of enrollments in these courses; identifies
the most common distance education technologies; and provides districts'
reasons for having distance education courses. |
| Computer
Technology in the Public School Classroom: Teacher Perspectives,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Lawrence Lanahan
and Janet Boysen |
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Describes the types of technologies public school
teachers find essential and whether they consider technology sufficiently
available in their classrooms. Also compares teacher opinions across
various teacher characteristics. |
| Qualifications
of Public Secondary School Biology Teachers, 1999–2000,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Daniel J. McGrath,
Emily W. Holt, and Marilyn M. Seastrom |
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Describes the qualifications of public middle school
and high school biology teachers in terms of the subject matter
of their certifications and postsecondary majors and minors. |
| Private
School Teacher Turnover and Teacher Perceptions of
School Organizational Characteristics,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Daniel J. McGrath
and Daniel Princiotta |
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Examines teacher-perceived school organizational character-istics,
and relationships between these characteristics and teacher turnover
in Catholic, other religious, and nonsectarian private schools. |
| Parent and Family
Involvement in Education: 2002–03, from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Nancy Vaden-Kiernan
and John McManus |
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Presents data on students in kindergarten through
12th grade and focuses on their families' involvement in their
children's education. Examines educational activities related to
school and outside of school. |
| Dual Enrollment
of High School Students at Postsecondary Institutions: 2002–03,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Brian Kleiner and
Laurie Lewis |
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Reports on the prevalence of college coursetaking
by high school students at their institutions, both within and
outside of dual enrollment programs. Presents information on institutions
with dual enrollment programs, at the national level and by institution
type and size. |
| Dual Credit
and Exam-Based Courses in U.S. Public High Schools: 2002–03,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Tiffany Waits, J.
Carl Setzer, and Laurie Lewis |
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Provides national estimates of the number of public
high schools that offered dual credit and/or exam-based courses
(e.g., Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses),
as well as the number of enrollments in these courses. |
| Public Elementary
and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, and School Districts:
School Year 2002–03, from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Lee Hoffman, Jennifer
Sable, Julia Naum, and Dell Gray |
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Presents data about the students enrolled in public
education, including the number of students by grade and the number
receiving special education, migrant, or English language learner
services. |
| Revenues and Expenditures
by Public School Districts: School Year 2001-02, from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
| |
By: |
Frank Johnson |
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Reports on public school district revenues and expenditures
per student. Presents national and state values for the median
school district and for districts at the 5th and 95th percentiles. |
| Revenues and Expenditures
for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year
2002–03,
from Volume 7—Issue 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Jason Hill and Frank
Johnson |
| |
Presents national and state data on public education
finances, including revenues by source, expenditures per student,
and expenditures for instruction. |
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| America's Charter
Schools: Results From the NAEP 2003 Pilot Study, from Volume 6—Issue 4 |
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By: |
U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics |
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Highlights some results from the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) pilot study of America 's charter schools
and their students, conducted as part of the 2003 NAEP grade 4 assessments
in reading and mathematics. |
| Characteristics
of Private Schools in the United States: Results From
the 2001–2002
Private School Universe Survey, from Volume 6—Issue 4 |
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By: |
Stephen P. Broughman and Kathleen W. Pugh |
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Presents universe data on private schools, teachers, and
students by school size, school level, religious orientation, geographical
region, community type, and program emphasis. |
| Dropout Rates in
the United States: 2001, from Volume 6—Issue 4 |
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By: |
Phillip Kaufman, Martha Naomi Alt, and Christopher
Chapman |
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Presents estimates of high school dropout and completion
rates in 2001, and includes time series data on high school dropout and
completion rates for the period 1972 through 2001. Also examines characteristics
of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2001. |
| Indicators of School Crime
and Safety: 2004, from Volume 6—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Jill F. DeVoe, Katharin Peter, Philip Kaufman,
Amanda Miller, Margaret Noonan, Thomas D. Snyder, and Katrina Baum |
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Draws from a wide range of sources to provide an annual
snapshot of specific crime and safety indicators, covering such topics
as victimization, fights, bullying, classroom disorder, teacher injury,
weapons, and student perceptions of school safety. |
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| The Summer After Kindergarten:
Children's Activities and Library Use by Household Socioeconomic
Status, from Volume 6—Issue 3 |
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By: |
David Meyer, Daniel Princiotta, and Lawrence
Lanahan |
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Provides a description of children's participation in various
activities, particularly library use, during the summer after kindergarten.
Compares children's participation in activities in the summer of 1999
across a measure of socioeconomic status. |
| 1.1 Million Homeschooled
Students in the United States in 2003,from Volume 6—Issue 3 |
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By: |
Daniel Princiotta, Stacey Bielick, and Chris
Chapman |
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Provides estimates of the number and percentage of homeschooled
students in the United States in 2003, and compares these estimates to
those from 1999. Also describes parents' primary reasons for homeschooling
their children. |
| Revenues and Expenditures
for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year
2001–02, from Volume 6—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Crecilla Cohen and Frank Johnson |
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Presents national and state data on public education finances,
including revenues by source, expenditures per student, and expenditures
for instruction. |
| English Language Learner
Students in U.S. Public Schools: 1994 and 2000,
from Volume 6—Issue 3 |
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By: |
David Meyer, David Madden, and Daniel J. McGrath |
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Examines recent growth in the population of English Language
Learner (ELL) students in public schools in the United States at the
national and regional levels. Also describes regional differences in
the concentration of ELL students within schools. |
| Teacher Attrition and
Mobility: Results From the Teacher Follow-up Survey, 2000–01, from Volume 6—Issue
3 |
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By: |
Michael T. Luekens, Deanna M. Lyter, and Erin
E. Fox |
| |
Examines the characteristics of teachers who left the teaching
profession between the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 school years, teachers who
continued teaching but changed schools, and teachers who continued teaching
in the same school in 2000–01. |
| Who Teaches Reading in
Public Elementary Schools? The Assignments and Educational
Preparation of Reading Teachers, from Volume 6—Issue
3 |
| |
By: |
David Meyer and Daniel J. McGrath |
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Presents 1999–2000 school year estimates of the number of
public general elementary school teachers, public elementary school teachers
who taught reading as a main assignment, and other elementary teachers
who taught at least one reading class. Also describes these three groups
of teachers in terms of their educational preparation in reading and
elementary education. |
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| The High School Sophomore Class of 2002: A Demographic Description-First Results From the Base Year of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, from Volume 6—Issues 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Steven J. Ingels and Leslie A. Scott |
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Summarizes the sociodemographic and educational characteristics
of the sophomore class of 2002, captured in a series of
student- and school-level classification variables. |
| Before- and After-School Care, Programs, and Activities of Children in Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade: 2001, from Volume 6—Issues 1 & 2 |
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By: |
Brian Kleiner, Mary Jo Nolin, and Chris Chapman |
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Examines the ways kindergartners through eighth-graders
spend their time out of school: with relatives or nonrelatives
in a home setting, in center- or school-based programs or
activities, or by themselves. |
| Revenues and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 2000–2001, from Volume 6—Issues 1 & 2 |
| |
By: |
Frank Johnson |
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Reports on public school district revenues and expenditures
per student. Presents national and state values for the median
school district and for districts at the 10th and 90th percentiles. |
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| The
Nation's Report Card: Mathematics Highlights 2003, from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
James S. Braswell, Mary C. Daane, and Wendy
S. Grigg |
| |
Presents highlights of the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 2003 mathematics assessment. Describes the assessment
content and presents major assessment results at grades 4 and 8 for
the nation and participating states and jurisdictions. Also presents
performance results for selected subgroups. |
| The
Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment, Mathematics
Highlights 2003, from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Anthony D. Lutkus and Arlene W. Weiner |
| |
Presents school district-level results of the NAEP mathematics
2003 assessment at grades 4 and 8 for nine urban public school districts.
Also presents performance results for selected subgroups. |
| The
Nation's Report Card: Reading Highlights 2003, from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Patricia L. Donahue, Mary C. Daane, and
Wendy S. Grigg |
| |
Presents highlights of the NAEP 2003 reading assessment.
Describes the assessment content and presents major assessment results
at grades 4 and 8 for the nation and participating states and jurisdictions.
Also presents performance results for selected subgroups. |
| The
Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment, Reading Highlights
2003, from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Anthony D. Lutkus and Arlene W. Weiner |
| |
Presents school district-level results of the NAEP 2002
and 2003 reading assessments at grades 4 and 8. Provides results for
the five urban public school districts that participated in the 2002
assessment and the four additional districts that participated in
2003. Also presents performance results for selected subgroups. |
| Violence
in U.S. Public Schools: 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety,
from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Amanda K. Miller |
| |
Focuses on the presence of violence and serious violence
(a subset of violence) that occurred in American public schools during
the 1999-2000 school year. |
| Indicators
of School Crime and Safety: 2003, from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Jill F. DeVoe, Katharin Peter, Phillip Kaufman,
Sally A. Ruddy, Amanda K. Miller, Mike Planty, Thomas D. Snyder, and
Michael R. Rand |
| |
Draws from numerous sources to provide the latest indicator
data on crime and safety at school, including updates on student and
teacher victimization, weapons and fights at school, and students'
alcohol and marijuana use. Also covers student victimization away
from school. |
| Public
High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data:
School Year 2000-01, from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young |
| |
Presents the number and percentage of students who dropped
out of and completed public school among states that reported dropouts.
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| Characteristics
of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts
in the United States: 2001-02 , from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Jennifer Sable and Beth Aronstamm Young |
| |
Describes the characteristics of the 100 largest school
districts, such as number and average size of schools, pupil/teacher
ratios, number of high school completers, number of special education
students, and minority enrollment. |
| School
District Expenditures for Elementary and Secondary Education: 1997-98,
from Volume 5—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Joel D. Sherman, Barbra Gregory, Jeffrey
M. Poirier, and Xiaolan Ye |
| |
Presents school district-level analyses of expenditures
for the 1997-98 school year for the nation and the states. |
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| The
Nation's Report Card: Writing 2002,
from Volume 5—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Hilary R. Persky, Mary C. Daane, and Ying
Jin |
| |
Reports national and state-level results on student
performance in writing. Includes data on student subgroups and comparisons
of results from 2002 with those from 1998. |
| Public
High School Graduates Who Participated in Vocational/Technical Education:
1982–1998, from Volume 5—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Karen Levesque |
| |
Uses high school transcript data to examine trends
in vocational coursetaking among students concentrating in an occupational
program area. Considers variables such as student race/ethnicity,
sex, disability status, English proficiency, and academic achievement. |
| Getting
Ready to Pay for College: What Students and Their Parents Know About
the Cost of College Tuition and What They Are Doing to Find Out,
from Volume 5—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Laura J. Horn, Xianglei Chen,
and Chris Chapman |
| |
Investigates how much college-bound students in grades
6 through 12 and their parents know about the cost of attending college,
and the relationships between their knowledge of college costs and
how they go about preparing for college. |
| High
School Guidance Counseling,
from Volume 5—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Basmat Parsad, Debbie Alexander, Elizabeth
Farris, and Lisa Hudson |
| |
Describes guidance programs, activities, and staff at
public high schools. Includes national estimates on the goals, plans,
and features of guidance programs; participation by 11th- and 12th-graders;
and professional development and characteristics of guidance staff. |
| Overview
and Inventory of State Education Reforms: 1990 to 2000 ,
from Volume 5—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
David Hurst, Alexandra Tan, Anne Meek, and
Jason Sellers |
| |
Examines developments in state-level education policies,
including reform efforts related to standards, assessment, and accountability;
school finance; teacher training and school resources; and school
choice options. |
| |
| School
District Revenues for Elementary and Secondary Education: 1997–98,
from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Joel D. Sherman, Barbara Gregory, and Jeffrey
M. Poirier |
| |
Examines differences in public school district revenues
by geographic region, school district size, and district fiscal and
demographic characteristics. Also ranks states on interdistrict variation. |
| Revenues
and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 1999–2000,
from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Frank Johnson |
| |
Reports on public school district revenues and expenditures
per student. Presents national and state values for the median school
district and for districts at the 10th and 90th percentiles. |
| Revenues
and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School
Year 2000–01, from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Elise St. John |
| |
Presents national and state data on public education
finances, including revenues by source, expenditures per student,
and expenditures for instruction. |
| Effects
of Energy Needs and Expenditures on U.S. Public Schools, from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Timothy Smith, Rebecca Porch, Elizabeth Farris,
and William Fowler |
| |
Examines actual and budgeted energy expenditures, efforts
to reduce energy consumption, characteristics of districts with sufficient
and insufficient energy budgets, and experiences of districts with
energy budget shortfalls. |
| Overview
of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year
2001–02, from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Lee M. Hoffman |
| |
Presents national and state data on the number, type,
size, and location of schools and districts. Also includes data on
the numbers of students in programs for migrant education, limited
English proficiency, and special education. |
| Public
School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2001–02,
from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young |
| |
Provides national and state data on the number of students
enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, number of staff
by type, number of high school graduates, and race/ethnicity of students
and graduates. |
| Trends
in High School Vocational/Technical Coursetaking: 1982–1998,
from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Karen Levesque |
| |
Examines public high school students' overall vocational/technical
coursetaking, introductory technology and computer-related coursetaking,
and ways of combining vocational technical and academic coursetaking. |
| Trends
in the Use of School Choice, from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Stacey Bielick and Chris Chapman |
| |
Discusses 1993, 1996, and 1999 data on the percentages
of students attending assigned public schools, public schools chosen
by parents, and private schools; student characteristics; and outcomes
such as parent satisfaction and students' plans for postsecondary
education. |
| The
Nation's Report Card: Reading 2002, from Volume 5—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Wendy S. Grigg, Mary C. Daane, Ying Jin,
and Jay R. Campbell |
| |
Reports on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) 2002 Reading Assessment of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-graders
and compares results with those of previous years. Also presents results
for states and other jurisdictions at grades 4 and 8. |
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| Mathematics
Teachers’ Familiarity With Standards and Their Instructional
Practices: 1995 and 1999, from Volume 5—Issue 1 |
| |
By: |
Marisa Burian-Fitzgerald, Daniel J. McGrath,
and Valena Plisko |
| |
Examines mathematics teachers’ reports of their
degree of familiarity with various standards and assessments, then
compares these reports with the teachers’ reports of their instructional
practices in the classroom. |
| Including
Special-Needs Students in the NAEP 1998 Reading Assessment, Part I,
Comparison of Overall Results With and Without Accommodations,
from Volume 5—Issue 1 |
| |
By: |
Anthony D. Lutkus and John Mazzeo |
| |
Recalculates NAEP 1998 Reading Assessment results to
include those from special-needs students who were tested with accommodations
and examines the relationship between reading performance and varying
state exclusion rates for special-needs students. |
| The
Nation’s Report Card: Science 2000, from Volume 5—Issue 1 |
| |
By: |
Christine Y. O’Sullivan, Mary A. Lauko,
Wendy S. Grigg, Jiahe Qian, and Jinming Zhang |
| |
Presents results of the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 2000 Science Assessment and compares them with 1996
results. |
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| Internet
Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2001, from Volume 4—Issue 4 |
| |
By: |
Anne Kleiner and Elizabeth Farris |
| |
Presents key findings on Internet access in public schools,
including national estimates as well as selected findings by school
characteristics. |
| |
| Characteristics
of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts
in the United States: 2000–01, from Volume 4—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young |
| |
Describes characteristics of the 100 largest school
districts, such as number and average size of schools, pupil/teacher
ratios, number of high school completers, number of special education
students, and minority enrollment. |
| Public
High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data:
School Years 1998–99 and 1999–2000, from Volume 4—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young |
| |
Presents the number and percentage of students who dropped
out of and completed public school among states that reported dropouts. |
| Overview
of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year
2000–01, from Volume 4—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Lee M. Hoffman |
| |
Provides national and state-level data on the number,
type, size, and location of schools and districts. Also includes data
on the numbers of students in programs for migrant education, limited
English proficiency, and special education. |
| Public
Alternative Schools and Programs for Students at Risk of Education
Failure: 2000–01, from Volume 4—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Brian Kleiner, Rebecca Porch, and Elizabeth
Farris |
| |
Provides data on the availability of and enrollment
in public alternative schools and programs for at-risk students, entrance
and exit criteria, staffing, curriculum and services, and collaboration. |
| Vocational
Education Offerings in Rural High Schools, from Volume 4—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Lisa Hudson and Linda Shafer |
| |
Examines systems for delivering vocational education
and the offerings provided by public high schools in urban, suburban,
and rural areas. |
| The
Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001, from Volume 4—Issue 3 |
| |
By: |
Andrew R. Weiss, Anthony D. Lutkus, Barbara
S. Hildebrant, and Matthew S. Johnson |
| |
Presents major findings from the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2001 Geography Assessment and compares
the findings to 1994 results. |
| |
| Financing
Elementary and Secondary Education in the States: 1997–98,
from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Joel D. Sherman, Elizabeth Rowe, and Lauri
Peternick |
| |
Presents state-level analyses of revenues and expenditures
for the 1997–98 school year, using both unadjusted and cost-adjusted
dollars. |
| Revenues
and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School
Year 1999–2000, from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Frank Johnson |
| |
Presents national and state information on public education
finances, including revenues by source, expenditures per student,
and expenditures for instruction. |
| Public
School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2000–01,
from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young |
| |
Provides national and state data for public elementary
and secondary schools in 2000–01. |
| Public
High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data:
School Years 1991–92 Through 1997–98, from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Beth Aronstamm Young and Lee Hoffman |
| |
Presents major findings from the analysis of public
high school dropout and 4-year completion rate data. |
| Early
Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics:
School Year 2001–02, from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Lena M. McDowell and Frank Johnson |
| |
Provides current-year estimates of key statistics for
public elementary and secondary schools during the 2001–02 school
year. |
| Arts
Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999–2000,
from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Nancy Carey, Brian Kleiner, Rebecca Porch,
and Elizabeth Farrist |
| |
Provides a national profile of the status of arts education
in U.S. public schools, including data on the availability of arts
instruction, staffing, funding, supplemental programs and activities,
and administrative support. |
| Beyond
School-Level Internet Access: Support for Instructional Use of Technology,
from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Lawrence Lanahan |
| |
Discusses the correlation of instructional use of the
Internet with availability of classroom-level access to the Internet
and teacher training and support for use of the Internet. |
| The
Nation’s Report Card: U.S. History 2001, from Volume 4—Issue 2 |
| |
By: |
Michael S. Lapp, Wendy S. Grigg, and Brenda
S. H. Tay-Lim |
| |
Presents major findings from the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2001 U.S. History Assessment, analyzed
by student subgroup and teacher and student factors, and compares
them to 1994 results. |
| Children’s
Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Kindergarten and First Grade,
from Volume 4—Issue 1 |
| |
By: |
Kristin Denton and Jerry West |
| |
Explores how children’s literacy skills and resources
at the start of kindergarten relate to their reading and mathematics
achievement at the end of kindergarten and first grade. |
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