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Download full textBohrnstedt, G.; Kitmitto, S.; Ogut, B.; Sherman, D.; Chan, D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The School Composition and the Black-White Achievement Gap study was undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics to present both descriptive and associative information on the relationships among the percentage of students in a school who were Black (referred to as "Black student density" or "density"), the…
Descriptors: School Demography, Racial Composition, Achievement Gap, African American Students
Peer reviewedEaston, Stanley E. – Research in Rural Education, 1983
Describes the National Assessment of Educational Progress Model and outlines and advocates its application in research on rural social studies. Notes its usefulness in assessment situations. Explains how the model will produce data descriptive of a target population and will permit the comparison of local and national results. (SB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Models, Research Methodology, Rural Education
Wu, Grace; Royal, Mark; McLaughlin, Don – 1997
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics offers the most comprehensive picture available of elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The value of the SASS would be even greater if information on districts and schools could be related directly to student outcomes. A relatively inexpensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models
Burton, Nancy W. – 1978
With the view that social scientists conduct too little exploratory research, the author outlines the methods and attitudes of the exploratory analyst and describes the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as a source of research data. Exploratory analysis, in which no paradigm is used, is contrasted with confirmatory research, which…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
