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Vanneman, Alan – NAEP Facts, 1998
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) continuously monitors the knowledge, skills, and performance of the nation's children and youth in a variety of academic subjects. Data from the NAEP 1996 Long-Term Trend Science Assessment show mixed results since the first assessment. Scores for all three age groups fell and then rose. Both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups
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Kirchner, Corrine; Peterson, Richard – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article gives data on the age, sex, income, geographic region, and ethnic composition of the visually disabled population of the United States (taken from the National Center for Health Statistics records for 1977). (PHR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Economic Factors, Geography
McNeil, John M.; And Others – Current Population Reports, 1986
Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) conducted during 1984 and 1985 by the Bureau of the Census are displayed in tables and charts. Data are derived from disability questions which were divided into four groups. The first group asked about the ability of persons 15 years and older to perform such sensory and physical…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Daily Living Skills
Owen, Eugene H., Comp. – 1991
This report summarizes data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which has been monitoring the scholastic achievement of America's 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds since 1969. The 1990 NAEP trend data provide several ways of describing changes in student achievement in each curriculum area. For science, mathematics, and reading,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Demography, Educational History, Educational Trends
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Hughes, Rees – Kenya Journal of Education, 1989
Reviews research literature examining how family environment and parental aspirations and attitudes influence children's educational achievement in modernizing Kenya. Pinpoints research questioning scope of family influence, who in the family most influences, and how they affect children's education. Investigates the financial support and access…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment, Educational Research