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Download full textBurns, Shelley, Ed.; Wang, Xiaolei, Ed.; Henning, Alexandra, Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Since its inception, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been committed to the practice of documenting its statistical methods for its customers and of seeking to avoid misinterpretation of its published data. The reason for this policy is to assure customers that proper statistical standards and techniques have been observed,…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Data Processing, Statistical Data, Data Collection
Kalton, Graham; Winglee, Marianne; Krawchuk, Sheila; Levine, Daniel – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2000
Reviews research on the quality of data from the various components of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to identify gaps in knowledge and establish priorities for future research. Also provides information about the survey design and data collection procedures. This information should help users determine how much confidence to place in…
Descriptors: Data Collection, National Surveys, Needs Assessment, Research Design
Rollefson, Mary – 1998
This paper proposes a framework for discussing the objectives and content of the next Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) in school year 1999-2000. The framework focuses on school reform and the information SASS can collect to inform the United States about school reform efforts. Major reform agenda and expert opinion are reviewed, and the issues…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys
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
Kalton, Graham; Winglee, Marianne; Krawchuk, Sheila; Levine, Daniel – 2000
A 1994 report, "Quality Profile for SASS, Aspects of the Quality of Data in the Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS)," presented and summarized the available information about the quality of the data from the five surveys that made up the SASS in its first two rounds of data collection (1987-1988 and 1990-1991). This report updates the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts a unified set of surveys that facilitates comparison between public and private schools, school districts, and administrator data. The integrated set of surveys is called the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). A Teacher Followup Survey (TFS) is conducted a year after the SASS survey to…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Administration
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
Kaufman, Steven; Huang, Hertz – 1993
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) represents the union of three surveys by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey, the School and School Administrator Surveys, and the Teacher Survey. The SASS measures critical aspects of teaching supply and demand, the composition of the teacher and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Data Collection, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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