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PDF pending restorationZukerberg, Andrew; Lee, Meredith – 1997
This report deals with cognitive research conducted on the Teacher Listing Form (TLF) of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics. The SASS is a set of 10 self-administered questionnaires designed to provide information on all aspects of the school system. The TLF is the first of the 10 surveys, and is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Download full textBaker, David P.; Levine, Roger; Han, Mei; Garet, Michael – 1998
This report summarizes tasks undertaken to assess the feasibility of a longitudinal analysis of elementary and secondary schools. The initial objective was to see if it was technically possible to analyze overlap samples of schools from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to produce substantive findings. Over the course of the project various…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Longitudinal Studies
Boe, Erling E. – 1996
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and the Teacher Followup Survey (TFS) have been administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987-88, 1990-92, and 1993-95. The SASS is a large-scale survey of educational institutions in the United States. The TFS is conducted the year following the SASS to obtain more information…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Stodolsky, Susan S. – 1996
This paper addresses issues related to the possible inclusion of items in the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to measure instructional practices and teaching effectiveness. The SASS is a national survey of schools and teachers conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. This report explores the purposes that can be served by…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Cole, Cornette; Palmer, Randall; Schwanz, Dennis – 1997
This paper presents results of a review of mail survey response literature and provides recommendations for the application of some response-enhancing techniques to the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics. The SASS is an integrated set of surveys sponsored by the NCES and conducted by the Bureau of…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The papers were presented at the Social Statistics Section, the Government Statistics Section, and the Section on Survey Research Methods. The following papers are included in the Social Statistics Section and Government Statistics Section, "Overcoming the Bureaucratic Paradigm: Memorial Session in Honor of Roger Herriot": "1995…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Least Squares Statistics, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys
Choy, Susan P. – 1996
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) has made it possible to develop comprehensive profiles of the nation's public and private schools and teachers and principals and to study issues of teacher supply and demand. The planned switch to a 5-year cycle of data collection provides a good time to re-examine the survey's design. This paper focuses on…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Baker, David P. – 1996
One prospect for the future of the Schools and Staffing Survey of the National Center for Data Collection is to continue in the direction set by its three previous rounds of surveys. Another approach, the one recommended in this paper, is to make the SASS the main vehicle of NCES for organizational information about U.S. schools from kindergarten…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Quality Profile for SASS: Aspects of the Quality of Data in the Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS).
Jabine, Thomas B. – 1994
This profile presents and summarizes available information about the quality of data from the five surveys that comprise the SASS, along with background material on the survey design and procedures for the following: (1) School Survey; (2) School Administrator Survey; (3) Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey; (4) Teacher Survey; and (5) Teacher…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Jenkins, Cleo R.; Von Thurn, Dawn – 1996
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The SASS is a set of integrated self-administered surveys designed to obtain national information on all aspects of the school system. The Teacher Listing Form (TLF) is the first in the SASS series. It is sent to the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cognitive Psychology, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Salvucci, Sameena; And Others – 1995
This technical report provides the results of a study on the calculation and use of generalized variance functions (GVFs) and design effects for the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). The SASS is a periodic integrated system of sample surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that produces sampling variances…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
Zheng, Henry Y. – 1996
As an integral part of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) the School Administrator Questionnaire has been used to collect information from public and private school administrators regarding their demographic characteristics, academic background, professional training, and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Gilford, Dorothy M. – 1996
As the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) considers the redesign of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), it is appropriate to consider the information about inservice professional development (IPD) that would be suitable for inclusion in the SASS. Part I of this paper considers the various definitions of IPD and its evaluation,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Pechman, Ellen M.; O'Brien, Eileen M.; Wodatch, Jessica K. – 1997
This paper addresses the potential of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to measure education reforms in the United States through Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). How the SASS can measure reform, the type of reform it should assess, and the elements of school reform that would best serve the needs of state and federal…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Monaco, David; Salvucci, Sameena; Zhang, Fan; Hu, Mingxiu; Gruber, Kerry – 1997
This technical report presents results of an analysis of unit response rates for the components of the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS). The study was motivated by the general need to evaluate and improve the quality of SASS data and to identify potential sources of nonsampling error associated with nonresponse in SASS. As background,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement, Institutional Characteristics, Libraries
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