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Alcott, Benjamin; Rose, Pauline – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
It is increasingly recognized that there is a global learning crisis. This article investigates this learning crisis through a comparative analysis of rural India and Pakistan. Using data from each country's Annual Status of Education Report, it demonstrates that socioeconomic status and gender are important determinants of whether children are in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Comparative Education, Rural Schools
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2015
he Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page PDF sheets, by topic, with graphics, plus key contacts. The topics for part two of this two part report on English Learner (EL) students who are Hispanic/Latino include: (1) Poverty Level of Hispanic/Latino Students: 2013; (2)…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Hispanic American Students, Statistical Data, Incidence
Texas Education Agency, 2017
This annual report provides information for the 2015-16 school year on grade-level retention in the Texas public school system. Data on retention are provided by student characteristics, including grade level; race/ethnicity; gender; degree of English proficiency; and economic, at-risk, immigrant, migrant, and overage statuses. Data also are…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Public Schools, Student Characteristics, Instructional Program Divisions
Oregon Department of Education, 2017
Oregon's on-time graduation rate reached 75% in 2015-16, an increase of about 1% from the previous school year. The increase equates to more than 1,300 additional students earning their diploma compared to last year. Nearly all student groups saw an increase in their graduation rate, with Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, African American/Black,…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, American Indian Students, Pacific Islanders, African American Students
Gilleland, Kevin; Muli, Juliana – Wake County Public School System, 2013
The WCPSS dropout rate for grades 9-12 fell to 2.83 % in 2011-12, down from 3.2% in the previous year. The NC overall rate decreased in 2011-12 to 3.01% from 3.43% in 2010-11. Other large school districts in North Carolina, including Durham (3.55%), Forsyth (3.38%), and Mecklenburg (3.20%), had higher dropout rates in 2011-12 than did WCPSS, while…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Public Schools, School Districts, Statistical Data
Arthurs, Nikie; Patterson, Jonathan; Bentley, Alex – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2014
This article, written by three research-active teachers with the support of their academic partner, interrogates the achievement-attendance link in the most recent government quantitative data for secondary schools in England: persistent absentees stands at 6.6% for all children, but it raises to 9% for students who are classed as "Pupil…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Secondary School Students, Statistical Analysis
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2019
"Ohio Education by the Numbers" offers busy policy makers, journalists, and civic and business leaders simple and easy-to-use vital statistics about Ohio's schools and the students they serve. The facts and figures contained within offer an overview of Ohio's students; where they go to school; their achievement on national and state…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Statistical Data, Public Schools, Student Characteristics
Hanson, Havala; Yoon, Sun Young – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2018
Many school districts in the United States are facing severe teacher shortages (Bordonaro, 2017; Palmer, 2017; Seattle Pacific University, 2017; Whaley, 2017). In several states--including Idaho--the difficulty of hiring qualified candidates has expanded beyond historical high-need content areas such as special education and mathematics to include…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Persistence
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2013
The Wake County Public School System's (WCPSS) retention rate has declined for the fifth year in a row. The vast majority of WCPSS' students are promoted to the next grade level at the end of each school year. In 2011-12, only 3.4% of WCPSS students were retained in grade. While only a small percentage of students are retained each year, this…
Descriptors: Student Promotion, School Holding Power, Public Schools, Counties
Corcoran, Sean P.; Nathanson, Lori; Kemple, James J. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
This paper estimates the impact of attending a preferred high school on mediating factors of student success, including engagement, behavior, and attendance. For example, the authors ask whether students are more engaged with their school or have higher attendance when successfully matched to their first choice versus their second (or lower)…
Descriptors: School Choice, Economically Disadvantaged, Success, Learner Engagement
Cook, Rose; Rutt, Simon; Sims, David – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2014
The interaction between deprivation and education is a critical relationship with profound implications for a country's economic prosperity and the social mobility of its citizens. This is highlighted by the Welsh Government which states that: "A good education is critical to better life chances and a commitment to achieving this has been an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educationally Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Kucsera, John; Flaxman, Greg – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2012
The U.S. Western region and its public schools are in the midst of its largest racial and economic transformation, as the area witnesses a shrinking white majority, a surging Latino minority, and a growing class of poor. These groups, along with blacks and Asian, more often than not attend very different and segregated schools both in educational…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Civil Rights
Texas Education Agency, 2014
This annual report provides information for the 2012-13 school year on grade-level retention in the Texas public school system. Data on retention are provided by student characteristics, including grade level; race/ethnicity; gender; degree of English proficiency; and economic, at-risk, immigrant, migrant, and overage statuses. Data also are…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Public Schools, Student Characteristics, Instructional Program Divisions
Wheatley, Vicki Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The relationship between components of the local school district report card, school district typology, and the outcome of public school tax levy requests were examined in this study. A correlation research design was used to measure the relationship between the independent variables (performance index, average yearly progress, value added,…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Correlation, School Statistics, Student Records
Stoneberg, Bert D. – Online Submission, 2006
This paper discusses a Standard & Poor's analysis of state performance on the 2005 and 2003 NAEP reading and mathematics tests that took account of the demographic differences among the states. The study was presented at the NAEP State Service Center Winter Workshop in January, 2006. Standard & Poor's is commended for recognizing that NAEP…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Student Characteristics, Demography, Reading Tests
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