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Buller, Ryan F. – Journal of Access Services, 2014
Generating, collecting, and analyzing building usage statistics can greatly increase the ability of an access services unit to meet the changing dynamic of patron needs in an academic library. By analyzing three different data points, the Access Services Unit in Malpass Library at Western Illinois University was able to determine the most…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Development, Library Research, Student Employment
Haller, Alicia; Hunt, Erika – Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2016
Research has demonstrated that principals have a powerful impact on school improvement and student learning. Principals play a vital role in recruiting, developing, and retaining effective teachers; creating a school-wide culture of learning; and implementing a continuous improvement plan aimed at increasing student achievement. Leithwood, Louis,…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Principals, Educational Policy, Administrator Education
Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge, 2015
The Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) program, authorized by Congress in 2011, is designed to improve the quality of early learning and development programs for children from birth through age 5. This discretionary grant program is administered jointly by the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal Legislation
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2016
The 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 this report on English Learners (ELs) who are Asian or Pacific Islander include: (1) Top 10 Asian and Pacific Islander Languages Spoken Among ELs: SY 2013-14; (2)…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Statistical Data
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
The Nation's Report Card™ informs the public about the academic achievement of elementary and secondary students in the United States. Report cards communicate the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a continuing and nationally representative measure of achievement in various subjects over time. NAEP collects and…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests
Cavalluzzo, Linda; Barrow, Lisa; Henderson, Stephen – CNA Corporation, 2014
This study responds to a request from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to analyze National Board certification among high school teachers in understudied subject areas and locales to help fill gaps in the research literature. The authors also were asked to use multiple indicators of performance. The research team selected two…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Instructional Improvement, Standards, Teacher Effectiveness
Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2013
The quality of Illinois schools and the performance of their principals play significant roles in determining the future for children. Their success hinges on recognition that principals play a critical role in shaping the environments in which children learn. Illinois schools can and will be enriched by developing a principal pipeline system that…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Supply and Demand, Principals, Administrator Education
White, Bradford R.; Bowers, Alex J. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2011
This report, the fourth in an IERC series on public school principals in Illinois, summarizes recent research on the characteristics associated with principal effectiveness and examines Illinois data on the relationship between principal characteristics, student proficiency, and teacher qualifications. In order to investigate the relationships…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement, Principals, Educational Policy
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Shrira, Ilan; Christenfeld, Nicholas – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
Identifying whether suicides in a region are due to characteristics of the residents living there or to some enduring feature of the region is difficult when using cross-sectional studies. To distinguish these factors, we compared the suicides of a region's residents with people who were temporarily visiting the region. Using U.S. death records…
Descriptors: Weapons, Suicide, Inferences, Case Studies
Bonzi, Susan – 1983
This paper reviews and summarizes the procedures used by the Library Research Center (LRC) of the University of Illinois to process data from Illinois public library annual reports filed with the Illinois State Library (ISL). The complete processing cycle is described, including: (1) preparation and revision of reporting forms; (2) their…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Data Collection, Data Processing, Program Costs
Illinois Libraries, 1977
Compilation of Illinois public library statistics for 1976-1977. Tables list population, staff, resources, and finances alphabetically by library location. Directories include public libraries, libraries listed by county, library systems, and the Illinois State Library. An index of librarians, libraries, and areas served is attached. (KP)
Descriptors: Directories, Public Libraries, Statistical Data, Statistical Surveys
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 2000
This Management Information Systems Manual for the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) provides basic information for submitting data to the ICCB. The manual is published every two years, and an addendum is published in the off years. It highlights and summarizes information from other documents, without being meant to replace those documents.…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Community Colleges, Data Processing, Databases
Wallace, Danny P. – 1983
A survey of 301 Illinois special libraries was conducted in 1982 to determine the number and type of statistics collected by these libraries and the ways in which these data are used. The mean number of statistics collected was reported as 10, including both technical and public service measures. Measures kept regularly by at least 50% of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Collection, Library Administration, Library Services
Elrick and Lavidge, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1977
A supplement to a study of public library usage in Illinois, this report presents the television viewing, radio listening, and newspaper reading habits of the respondents in its survey. Findings for each question are shown for the total sample, and in some instances they are also shown separately for segments of the population. Similar charts for…
Descriptors: Charts, Mass Media, Newspapers, Radio
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Harris, E. Edward – 1973
This report of selected statistical data on various factors pertaining to occupational education in Illinois was compiled after a Vocational Education Study Committee of seventeen members assigned the task of developing a master plan for the preparation of personnel in occupational education discovered that the lack of necessary information made…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Personnel Data, Personnel Needs, Personnel Policy
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