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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.; Cheah, Ban – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
Education and earnings interact in complex and often unexpected ways--but there are rules to the game. "The College Payoff," a new paper from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, uses in-depth data analysis to identify, illuminate and elucidate those rules. This executive summary provides a glimpse of the education and…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Education Work Relationship, Economic Opportunities, Graphs
Applebee, Arthur N.; Langer, Judith A. – Center on English Learning & Achievement (NJ3), 2006
This study examined student writing over the past decades. The National Study of Writing Instruction addressed questions through analyses of existing data sets, particularly those from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which include background questions on instructional practices in U.S. middle and high schools. NAEP…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Teaching Methods, National Competency Tests, Portfolio Assessment
Amadeo, Jo-Ann; Torney-Purta, Judith; Barber, Carolyn Henry – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2004
In this fact sheet, data is reported from the IEA Civic Education Study -- a two-phased study of 14- and 17-year olds' civic knowledge, attitudes and activities conducted in 29 countries in 1999 and 2000 with nationally representative samples of students. The information from this study is used to address three main points concerning the media and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Citizenship Education, Mass Media Effects