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Green, Patricia J.; Hoogstra, Lisa A.; Ingels, Steven J.; Greene, Harrison N.; Marnell, Patricia K. – 1997
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) is a new study that will focus on children's early school experiences beginning in kindergarten. Approximately 23,000 children will be selected as they enter kindergarten and followed through fifth grade. Base-year data will be collected in the fall of 1998, but there will a field test in the 1996-97…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up school component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) and to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data file. Chapter 1 contains an overview and the history of the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Error of Measurement, Followup Studies
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual familiarizes data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up student component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), with the corollary objective of providing necessary documentation for use of the data file. Chapter 1 presents an overview and history of the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational History, Followup Studies
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Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1994
This manual familiarizes data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the second follow-up dropout component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a survey of the educational and personal characteristics of students. The dropout data file contains records for 2,028 sample members who…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Dropouts, Followup Studies
Ingels, Steven J. – Online Submission, 2004
This paper addresses two audiences--those who design education trend studies that simultaneously have longitudinal and intercohort implications, and the secondary analysts who use such trend data. Four study series conducted for the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) provide material for the paper: the…
Descriptors: Change, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Computation
Ingels, Steven J. – 1993
Recent investigations of the extent to which students with disabilities are allowed to participate in major national data collections used in measurement-driven education reform suggest that 40 to 50 percent of students with disabilities are typically excluded from major assessments, although they are included to a greater degree in assessments…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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Scott, Leslie A.; Ingels, Steven J. – 1992
The longitudinal analysis population of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is used to produce descriptive findings about the transition to high school of eighth grade students. An overview summarizes some of the policy issues of the study and sketches the research design and samples. First, longitudinal data are used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), Educational Policy, Educational Practices