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Peer reviewedOswald, Donald P.; Best, Al M.; Coutinho, Martha J.; Nagle, Heather A. L. – Exceptionality, 2003
This paper presents nationally representative information about the extent of disproportionate gender representation in special education for the disability conditions of learning disabilities, mental retardation, and emotional disturbance. Recommendations are made for research to elucidate the basis for differences, improved data collection and…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Incidence
Download full textPluta, Mark J. – 1991
Preliminary statistics are presented for enrollment and degrees awarded for higher education in the United States in the 1990-91 academic year. The data were obtained from 665 institutions of higher education on the Early Estimates Panel, a stratified random sample that is representative of the universe of 3,559 institutions of higher education in…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Degrees (Academic), Enrollment, Estimation (Mathematics)
Daul, Jennifer; And Others – 1986
Demographic and economic characteristics of Spanish Americans in North Dakota in 1980 are presented, using data from the Bureau of the Census. Statistics show 3,902 Spanish Americans were living in North Dakota (0.6% of the state's population): 59.4% were Mexican; 6.3% Puerto Rican, 1.5% Cuban, and 32.8% of other Spanish descent, with more males…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Cubans
Noland, Theresa Koontz; Taylor, Bob L. – 1986
The study reported in this paper quantitatively integrated the recent research findings on ability grouping in order to generalize about these effects on student achievement and student self-concept. Meta-analysis was used to statistically integrate the empirical data. The relationships among various experimental variables including grade level,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Affective Measures
Kaufman, Phillip; And Others – 1991
This report presents national data for 1990 on high school dropout and retention rates. The report uses the Current Population Survey and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. The three types of dropout rates discussed are: (1) event rates, (2) status rates, and (3) cohort rates. The report also examines high school completion and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cohort Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1991
This is a statistical report for the fiscal year 1991 for Texas public and independent institutions of higher education. Listed first are all institutions in the system: public universities; public medical, dental and allied health units; public community junior colleges; public technical institutes; independent senior colleges and universities;…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Allied Health Occupations Education, College Credits, College Faculty
