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Download full textGinder, Scott; Stearns, Christina – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
In 2009, President Barack Obama set forth a goal that America would have the highest percentage of college graduates (associate's and bachelor's degree recipients) in the world by 2020. The U.S. Department of Education estimated that to reach this goal, the number of college graduates would need to increase by 50 percent nationwide by 2020,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Graduation Rate, Tables (Data), College Graduates
Strange, Marty; Johnson, Jerry; Showalter, Daniel; Klein, Robert – Rural School and Community Trust, 2012
"Why Rural Matters 2011-12" is the sixth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. While it is the sixth in a series, this report is not simply an…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, Educational Policy, Annual Reports
Executive Office of the President, 2011
On September 8, 2011, the President proposed the American Jobs Act to Congress, including investments of $25 billion to renovate and modernize at least 35,000 of America's public schools; $5 billion to upgrade infrastructure at America's community colleges; and $30 billion to keep hundreds of thousands of educators in the classroom. This report…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
Alabama Department of Education, 2011
In a more consistent and viable manner than ever before, education in Alabama is moving toward its ultimate goal of providing every student with a quality education, thereby preparing them for work, college, and life after high school. Alabama's graduation rates from 2002 to 2008 increased significantly, tripling the national average increase and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Student Characteristics, Attendance
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Admissions Testing Program. – 1991
This report consists almost entirely of tables that provide mean scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and College Board Achievement Tests for New York high school seniors in 1991 and summarize information that students have provided about their high school academic achievement and their personal backgrounds. Tables are based on the latest…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
US Department of Education, 2006
This 2004 Annual Report to Congress has two volumes. Volume 1 focuses on the children and students being served under IDEA and provides profiles of individual states' special education environment. It contains three sections. Section I contains the child/student-focused material, presented in a question-and-answer format. It contains three…
Descriptors: Profiles, Early Intervention, Disabilities, Annual Reports
