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Baker, 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
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
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
Abramson, Robert; And Others – 1996
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics provides periodic, timely data on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Data collected include: school and teacher characteristics; school operations, programs, and policies; teacher demand and supply; and the opinions of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys
Kaufman, Steven – 1991
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) represents the first time the National Center for Education Statistics has integrated three of the Elementary and Secondary Education Surveys: the Teacher Demand and Shortage Surveys, Public and Private School Surveys, and Teacher Surveys. The SASS was designed to measure the critical aspects of teacher…
Descriptors: Administrators, Databases, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Gruber, Kerry J.; And Others – 1996
The volumes in this User Manual document the data collection of the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Researchers who are ready to access the data file may go directly to the codebooks for each survey (Volumes II and III for the Restricted-Use and Public-Use versions respectively). This manual focuses on survey documentation, describing…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)