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Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1991
The opinion poll of public school teachers reported in this document is part of a series designed to report scientifically collected data that accurately reflects the views and experiences of specific groups of educators. For this study, a total of 3,300 teachers were included in the random sample and 1,265 (38 percent) responded. The responses of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Download full textParedes, Vicente – 1991
The transition to high school is a crucial time in a student's academic career. This summary is presented as a caution to students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the public to warn of some of the hazards of the transition year (grade nine). In 1989-90, ninth-graders in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District had the lowest…
Descriptors: Attendance, Discipline Problems, Dropout Rate, Enrollment
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1990
This annual report on the numbers of homeless children in Massachusetts and their educational experiences is based on information from the following six sources: (1) family, adolescent, and battered women shelters; (2) the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare (Welfare); (3) the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS); (4) school…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1991
The opinion poll of public school administrators reported in this document is part of a series designed to report scientifically collected data that accurately reflects the views and experiences of specific groups of educators. For this study, a total of 3,300 principals were included in the random sample and 1,502 (46 percent) responded. Tables…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1999
This two-volume monograph reports the results of the 24th national survey of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs among American high school seniors, the nineteenth such survey of American college students, and the eighth such survey of eighth- and tenth-grade students. The major purpose of this publication is to develop an accurate picture…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attitude Measures, Drug Use, Grade 8
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1999
This second volume, in a two-volume set reporting the results from the Monitoring the Future study, presents the results of the 1977 through 1998 follow-up surveys of the graduating high school classes of 1976 through 1997 as they have progressed through young adulthood. This current study, which draws the college sample in the senior year of high…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Drug Use, High School Seniors
