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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| NCES 2001378 | Selected Papers in School Finance, 2000-01
The education finance community faces a wide variety of measurement issues. These commissioned papers address understanding how teacher compensation has changed over time; conceptual and methodological approaches for making inflation and geographic cost adjustments in education; tools of the trade for assessing the financial condition of public school districts; and an attempt to devise a synthesis of two divergent approaches to school-level financial reporting. |
8/30/2001 |
| NCES 2001034 | Digest of Education Statistics, 2000
The Digest of Education Statistics provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Topics in the Digest include: the number of schools and colleges; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; technology; and international comparisons. |
1/26/2001 |
| NCES 1999489 | Directory of NAEP Publications
This 74-page directory lists all publications issued or funded by the National Center for Education Statistics that present or analyze data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Since 1970, NAEP has evaluated student performance in such areas as reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and the arts. Each listing gives information for accessing the publication, through ERIC, the NCES web site, the Government Printing Office, or Ed Pubs, as appropriate. |
4/19/1999 |
| NCES 98518 | Learning About Our World and Our Past: Using the Tools and Resources of Geography and U.S. History
This report examines the success students had working with a range of resource materials similar to those used by professional geographers and historians. Specifically, this report examines the ways in which students use the tools and resources of history and geography. This report makes extensive use of examples of student work and of exercise-level statistics. |
3/17/1998 |
| NCES 9804 | Working Paper: Geographic Variations in Public Schools' Costs
The analyses presented in this report address the following question: "How much more or less does it cost to provide the same levels of educational resources across different geographic locations in the United States?" To answer this question, the report develops a comprehensive geopgraphic cost-of-education index for school services and resources that focuses on the prices of the inputs (personnel and nonpersonnel items used in the provision of school services) purchased by schools. |
3/3/1998 |
| NCES 97931 | Good Study Habits and Academic Performance: Findings From the NAEP 1994 U.S. History and Geography Assessments
Analysis of data from the NAEP 1994 U.S. history and geography assessments found a real, but limited relationship between good study habits and academic performance, for 8th and 12th graders. For 4th graders, the analysis found either positive relationships, no relationship, or a negative relationship--mixed results that are consistent with previous research. |
8/7/1997 |
| NCES 97579 | Geography: What Do Students Know, and What Can They Do?
The 1994 NAEP geography assessment reflected new ideas abou the importance and content of geography instruction. It examined 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students on their knowledge of geography and their ability to apply that knowledge to the solution of human problems. This issue of NAEPfacts discusses student performance near the 25th, 50th, and 90th percentiles for each grade, giving an overall picture of student abilities and limits. |
12/16/1996 |
| NCES 96087 | NAEP 1994 Geography Report Card: Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress
The first thorough investigation of the geography learning of American children conducted by NAEP. |
6/11/1996 |
| NCES 96143 | Private School Universe Survey, 1993-94
Survey report for the PSS. Presents data on private schools, enrollment, and teachers. Same comparison with earlier years. |
5/15/1996 |
| NCES 96876 | Results From the NAEP Geography Assessment - At A Glance
A brief summary of results from the 1994 NAEP Geography Assessment. |
5/13/1996 |
| NCES 96810 | Focus on NAEP: 1994 NAEP Assessment in Geography
This issue of Focus on NAEP provides a context for understanding the NAEP Geography Assessment. It provides an overview of the framework from which the Geography Assessment was based. |
12/29/1995 |
| NCES 95807 | NAEP 1994 Geography: A First Look
This report provides a summary or "first look" of the NAEP 1994 Geography Assessment and of the information contained in the larger, full geography report which follows. |
10/17/1995 |
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