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National Institute for Literacy, 2009
The National Early Literacy Panel was convened in 2002 to conduct a synthesis of the most rigorous scientific research available on the development of early literacy skills in children from birth to age 5. The primary purpose of the panel was to identify research evidence that would contribute to decisions in educational policy and practice that…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration, Preschool Teachers
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) is a research program that tracks young people as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations. It uses large, nationally representative samples of young people to collect information about education and training, work, and social development. It includes surveys…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Youth, Social Development
Allbritten, Bill – 1983
Attrition, which averages 40 percent among college freshmen, has been associated with academic skills, career decision making, psychological characteristics, and institutional climate. To determine the self-perceived developmental characteristics of college freshmen and the relationship of those characteristics to retention and grade point average…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Guidance, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average