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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| NCEE 20094050 | The Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years
The DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 established the first federally funded private school voucher program in the United States, providing scholarships of up to $7,500 for low-income residents of the District of Columbia to send their children to local participating private schools. The law also mandated that the Department conduct an independent, rigorous impact evaluation of what is now called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The study's latest report, Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years, measures the effects of the Program on student achievement in reading and math, and on student and parent perceptions of school satisfaction and safety. The evaluation found that the OSP improved reading, but not math, achievement overall and for 5 of 10 subgroups of students examined. The group designated as the highest priority by Congress - students applying from "schools in need of improvement" (SINI) - did not experience achievement impacts. Students offered scholarships did not report being more satisfied or feeling safer than those who were not offered scholarships, however the OSP did have a positive impact on parent satisfaction and perceptions of school safety. This same pattern of findings holds when the analysis is conducted to determine the impact of using a scholarship rather than being offered a scholarship. |
4/3/2009 |
| NCES 2009331 | Private School Universe Survey (PSS) CD-ROM: Restricted-Use Data for School Year 2007-08
This CD-ROM contains the restricted-use data for the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey (PSS) in three formats (SAS, SPSS, and text) with supporting documentation (file layout, codebook, survey report, and questionnaire). |
3/19/2009 |
| NCES 2009332 | Private School Universe Survey (PSS) Public-Use Data for School Year 2007-08
This is the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey (PSS) public-use data in three formats (SAS, SPSS, and text) with supporting documentation (file layout, codebook, and questionnaire). |
3/19/2009 |
| NCES 2009313 | Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey
This report on the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey presents data on private schools in the United States for grades kindergarten through twelve by selected characteristics such as school size, school level, religious orientation, geographic region, urbanicity type, and program emphasis. |
3/19/2009 |
| NCES 2009310 | 2005-06 Private School Universe Survey (PSS) Data File User's Manual and Survey Documentation
This is the data file user's manual and survey documentation for the 2005-06 Private School Universe Survey (PSS). |
3/18/2009 |
| NCES 2009020 | Digest of Education Statistics, 2008
The 44th in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. |
3/18/2009 |
| NCES 2009308 | Private School Universe Survey (PSS) CD-ROM: Restricted-Use Data File for School Year 2005-06
This CD-Rom contains the restricted-use data for the 2005-06 Private School Universe Survey (PSS) in three formats (SAS, SPSS, and text) with supporting documentation (file layout, codebook, survey report, and questionnaire). |
12/31/2008 |
| NCES 2009309 | Private School Universe Survey (PSS): Public-Use Data File for School Year 2005-06
This is the 2005-06 Private School Universe Survey (PSS) public-use data in three formats (SAS, SPSS, and text) with supporting documentation (file layout, codebook, survey report, and questionnaire. |
12/31/2008 |
| NCES 2009317 | 1999-2000 SASS & 2000-01 TFS CD-ROM: Electronic Codebook and Restricted-Use Data
Restricted-use data files for the 1999-2000 SASS and the 2000-01 Teacher Follow-up Survey. The data are in ASCII format and can be exported into SAS or SPSS formats. Also included is software for variable searching, displaying variable frequencies and coding, plus survey documentation and record layouts. |
12/4/2008 |
| NCES 2008805 | Handbooks Online - Version 6.0
Handbooks Online - Version 6.0 is a searchable web tool that provides access to the NCES Data Handbooks for elementary, secondary, and early childhood education. These Handbooks offer guidance on consistency in data definitions and in maintaining data so that they can be accurately aggregated and analyzed. The online Handbook database provides the Nonfiscal Handbooks in a searchable web tool. This database includes data elements for students, staff, classrooms, and education institutions. |
10/1/2008 |
| NCEE 20084023 | Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years
The DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 established the first federally funded private school voucher program in the United States, providing scholarships of up to $7,500 for low-income residents of the District of Columbia to send their children to local participating private schools. The law also mandated that the Department conduct an independent, rigorous impact evaluation of what is now called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. The study's latest report, Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years, found no significant differences in student achievement between those who were offered scholarships to attend a participating private school and those who were eligible for, but were not offered (as assigned by a lottery) a scholarship. However, being offered a scholarship may have improved reading test scores among three subgroups of relatively more advantaged students: those who had not attended a School in Need of Improvement (SINI) school when they applied to the program, those who had relatively higher pre-program academic performance, and those who applied in the first year of program implementation. Students in the program did not report being more satisfied or feeling safer than those who were not in the program. However, the program did have a positive impact on parent satisfaction and perceptions of school safety. This same pattern of findings holds when the analysis is conducted to determine the impact of using a scholarship rather than being offered a scholarship and when estimating the effects of attending private school versus public school, regardless of whether an Opportunity Scholarship Program scholarship was used. |
6/16/2008 |
| NCES 2008032 | The Condition of Education 2008 in Brief
The Condition of Education 2008 in Brief contains a summary of 21 of the 43 indicators in The Condition of Education 2008. The topics covered include: public and private enrollment in elementary/secondary education; projections of undergraduate enrollment; student achievement from the National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading, mathematics, and writing; status dropout rates; immediate transition to college; teacher turnover; educational attainment; expenditures for elementary and secondary education; undergraduate fields of study; and employment of college students. |
5/29/2008 |
| NCES 2008315 | Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results from the 2005-2006 Private School Universe Survey
This report on the 2005-2006 Private School Universe Survey presents data on private schools in the United States with grades kindergarten through twelve by selected characteristics. |
4/1/2008 |
| NCES 2008022 | Digest of Education Statistics, 2007
The 43rd in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest’s primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. |
3/25/2008 |
| NCES 2007380 | A Brief Profile of America's Private Schools
This brochure is for potential respondents to the 2007-08 SASS. Data from the 2003-04 SASS are presented on private schools, principals/school heads, and teachers. |
10/31/2007 |
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