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Martin F. Lueken – EdChoice, 2024
This report summarizes the fiscal effects of education choice programs across the United States from an analysis of 48 private education choice programs in 25 states plus D.C. The programs in the analysis include five education savings account programs, 22 school voucher programs, and 21 tax credit scholarship programs. This study estimates the…
Descriptors: School Choice, Private Schools, Costs, Expenditure per Student
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Chiang, Hanley; Walsh, Elias; Shanahan, Timothy; Gentile, Claudia; Maccarone, Alyssa; Waits, Tiffany; Carlson, Barbara; Rikoon, Samuel – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
Reading comprehension--the ability to understand the meaning of text--is a foundational ability that enables children to learn in school and throughout life. Children who struggle with reading comprehension in the third or fourth grade are at high risk for dropping out of school, with detrimental effects on their future employment, income, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Acquisition, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2015
In 2015, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collected responses from more than 315,000 first-year and senior students attending 585 bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. This report presents selected NSSE results from students at 541 U.S. institutions or subsets of that group where…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
Howley, Craig B. – 1999
Previous studies found that the small size of schools or school districts mitigated the negative influence of poverty on academic achievement in California, Alaska, and West Virginia. The Matthew Project extends this research in four additional states selected to provide varied settings. Ohio is a very diverse, urbanized state with a large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Bettinger, Eric; Long, Bridget Terry – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004
One of the most pronounced trends in higher education over the last decade has been the increased reliance on instructors outside of the traditional full-time, Ph.D.-trained model. Nearly 43 percent of all teaching faculty were part-time in 1998, and at selective colleges, graduate assistant instructors teach over 35 percent of introductory…
Descriptors: College Students, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Teaching Assistants
Ohio Board of Regents, 2005
This report addresses two sets of questions related to Ohio's high school to college transition. Chapter One: How many Ohioans go to college and where do they go?; Chapter Two: Are Ohio's recent high school graduates ready for college and do they succeed? Seven primary observations are contained in this report: (1) From fall 1996 to fall 2004, the…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Freshmen, Remedial Instruction, Public Colleges