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Peer reviewedSimon, Paul; Scotch, Richard K. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1984
Federal statistical programs are important for monitoring both the need for the impact of public programs, including those for handicapped children. The federal statistical system has suffered from overall budgetary cutbacks, and from several decisions to eliminate statistical programs. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedGovernment Information Quarterly, 1987
Six articles discuss the 1987 Economic Censuses: a historical review by Bohme; Worden on the value of economic censuses; Wikoff and Powell-Hill on planning the questionnaire; Blum, Bowman, and Sullivan on changing data needs; Zeisset on the data's availability to users; and Schlueter, Ray, and Hartz on international economic statistics. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Census Figures, Change
Barnes, Robert E. – 1984
An examination was made of Federal program statistics on vocational education during the past 10 years by the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education of the U. S. Office of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics of the U. S. Department of Education. The study found that despite a mandate for reform, the National Center's…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Postsecondary Education
