This interim progress report provides a look at Turnaround Arts schools in their first year, including: (1) a summary of the evaluation design and research questions; (2) a preliminary description of strategies used to introduce the arts in Turnaround Arts schools; and (3) a summary of school reform indicators and student achievement data at…

The National Association of Secondary School Principals periodically studies practices and characteristics of secondary schools to help inform educators and shape policy. Such studies of middle-level education were conducted in 1966 and 1981. As middle-level education moved into the 1990s, many new questions about education and leadership needed…

This report provides district administrators with the following information about schools and districts in the Philadelphia Public School System: (1) student characteristics; (2) staff characteristics; (3) attendance data; (4) program data; (5) student performance variables; and (6) graduate data. The report is organized into four sections. The…

The report presents general information and statistical data about schools, their staffs and students, as well as administrative staff data concerning Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland (MCPS). The data are generated from existing computer files to reduce the response burden of school personnel; to assure standard definitions, formats, and…

This report on public and private school administrators presents data on personal characteristics, salary and benefits received, highest degree earned, and years of experience. A mail sample survey form was mailed to the administrators of all 9,317 public and 3,513 private schools in the school samples. Response rates were 94.4 percent for public…

Eight and one-half percent of the school district superintendents in the United States responded to questionnaires in 1985 concerning their opinions about education, their roles and working conditions, their relations with school boards, their backgrounds and professional interests, and the characteristics of their districts. Tabulations of the…

Responses from 1,246 school superintendents to a nationwide survey provide a comprehensive look at their opinions, status, and experiences. The superintendents were selected from a random sample of 1 in every 10 school districts in the country, with additional districts selected to ensure statistically meaningful sampling of districts at all…

Information in this report, provided in 16 data tables, was derived from New York State's Basic Educational Data System and state teacher certification files. Data are based on information submitted by all public elementary schools and secondary schools in the state. Several statistics about professional school personnel in New York are given.…

This publication summarizes data gathered by Alaska's State Department of Education on school operations, facilities, programs, students, and personnel in each of Alaska's school districts. For each of the 55 districts that existed in 1989, the information is grouped into six subject headings: background, operating revenues and expenditures,…

The third annual report on the educational status of New York State-supported elementary schools and secondary schools for the 1989-90 school year is presented. Based on legal mandates, the report addresses enrollment trends; indicators of student achievement in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and vocational courses; graduation, college…

Fifteen tables present data from New York State's public schools on all teaching and nonteaching professional personnel for 1981-82, including administrators. Information is presented on number of personnel, salary percentiles, academic degree and certification status, sex, age, and years of professional experience. The first 6 tables give data on…

Twelve tables present data concerning the salaries and characteristics of school certified personnel in Colorado as of fall 1990. The average salary for Colorado's 32,342 public school teachers was $31,819 in 1990, which represents a slight increase over the 1989 figure ($30,758). The number of classroom teachers had increased slightly to 32,342;…

This statistical profile establishes baseline information about Pacific schools, from which needs can be identified and against which school improvement can be measured. Data were collected from responses to a questionnaire distributed in December 1986. The following jurisdictions responded: (1) American Samoa; (2) Belau; (3) Commonwealth of the…

The report presents general information and statistical data about schools, their staffs and students, as well as administrative staff data concerning Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland (MCPS). The data are generated from existing computer files to provide in one document much of the data commonly requested of schools; to ensure standard…

This publication contains a sample of the indicators in "The Condition of Education 2010." The indicators in this publication are numbered sequentially, rather than according to their numbers in the complete edition. Since 1870, the federal government has gathered data about students, teachers, schools, and education funding. As mandated…