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Karmel, Tom; Mark, Kevin; Mlotkowski, Peter – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This technical paper examines some large and unusual movements for data in the 2007 VET (Vocational Education Training) Provider Collection by comparison with 2006. Changes in the patterns of courses undertaken explain most of the divergence between students, enrolments and hours. Appendices include: (1) Derivation of the decomposition; (2) Tables…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Research Reports
Charles, Maria; Marsh, Alison; Milne, Anne; Morris, Ceril; Scott, Emma; Shamsan, Yarim – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
The Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey (SSCSS) has been carried out every four to six years since 1965. The 2007 survey was carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The aim of this survey was to create a picture of the secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Curriculum
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2008
In November of 2007, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology contracted Insightrix Research, Inc. to conduct a survey of individuals who graduated from post-secondary institutions in Alberta in the fall of 2005 or the spring of 2006 (excluding apprenticeship graduates, who are surveyed through a separate initiative). The purpose of the survey is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Outcomes Assessment, Graduate Surveys
Huynh, Huynh; Saunders, Joseph C. – 1980
A basic technical framework is provided for the design and use of mastery tests. The Mastery Testing Project (MTP) prepared this framework using advanced mathematics supplemented with computer simulation based on real test data collected by the South Carolina Statewide Testing Program. The MTP focused on basic technical issues encountered in using…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Annotated Bibliographies, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing