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Do Differences in School Quality Matter More than We Thought? New Evidence on Educational Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
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Jennings, Jennifer L.; Deming, David; Jencks, Christopher; Lopuch, Maya; Schueler, Beth E. – Sociology of Education, 2015
Do schools reduce or perpetuate inequality by race and family income? Most studies conclude that schools play only a small role in explaining socioeconomic and racial disparities in educational outcomes, but they usually draw this conclusion based solely on test scores. We reconsider this finding using longitudinal data on test scores and…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Educational Quality, Evidence, Educational Opportunities
Survey of Massachusetts Public Library Users, 1977.
Estes, J. Worth – 1978
Twenty per cent of 8400 questionnaires distributed in 1977 to a representative sampling of public libraries throughout Massachusetts were returned and analyzed. Those returned were entirely representative of the state's population and of the size of library services represented, although communities with the most "active" library…
Descriptors: Demography, Financial Support, Library Services, Public Libraries
Comparative Public Library Report Data for Massachusetts; FY 1974.
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Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1975
This statistical account is based on 1974 public library annual report data. Summary tables list the means, medians and percentile points for the following ten indicators: (1) total municipal appropriation per capita, (2) total annual income per capita, (3) salaries as percentage of total expenditure, (4) materials expenditure per capita, (5)…
Descriptors: Demography, Evaluation, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures
Data for Massachusetts Public Library Personnel Report. FY 1976.
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
A standardized reporting format is being used by Massachusetts public libraries to provide another approach in identifying comparable libraries and to facilitate comparison of employee salary ranges and other personnel data. Tables list libraries by population group with corresponding data on current salary ranges, number of full time and part…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Librarians, Library Personnel
The Residence and Migration of Students in New England Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 1975. With Net Migration in the Northeast and Comparisons to 1968.
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Melican, Robert L. – 1976
The flow of postsecondary level students into and out of a state or regional area can be significant to many institutions in their budgeting and planning. In New England the migration of students will continue to be a critical factor in the decades ahead. The data in this report encompass all full-time and part-time students or total headcount…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Geographic Regions, Higher Education
Data for Massachusetts Comparative Public Library Report. FY 1976.
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
Based upon annual reporting data for FY 76, this statistical report was designed to facilitate rapid comparison of support and activity levels among Massachusetts public libraries. The first section presents summary tables providing means, medians, and percentile values by population group for each of the following indicators: (1) library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Data for Massachusetts Public Library Analytic Report. FY 1976.
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
This supplemental report has been developed to assist administrators in the comparative analysis and evaluation of Massachusetts public libraries. Libraries have been placed into one of seven budget groups according to their total operating expenditures to provide another method of comparing libraries by "like" size and population of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Library Collections, Library Expenditures